The age of the Ries impact crater-an overview and brief discussion of the more recent datings of Riesimpakts;Das alter des meteoritenkraters nördlinger ries -eine übersicht und kurze diskussion der neueren datierungen des riesimpakts

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-445

  Buchner, Elmar ^a   Schmieder, Martin ^b,c   Schwarz, Winfried H ^d   Trieloff, Mario ^d  

^a Hochschule Neu Ulm   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(U TH) He dating; 40Ar 39Ar dating; 40K decay constant; Ries impact; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884237097     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2013/0037     Document Type: Article

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