40Ar/39Ar chronology of late pliocene and early pleistocene geomagnetic and glacial events in Southern Argentina

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 145, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-190

  Singer, Brad S ^a   Brown, Laurie L ^b   Rabassa, Jorge O ^c   Guillou, Hervé ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84897024617     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/145GM13     Document Type: Chapter

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