New palynology-based astronomical and revised 40Ar/39Ar ages for the Eocene maar lake of Messel (Germany)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 873-889

  Lenz, Olaf K ^a   Wilde, Volker ^b   Mertz, Dieter F ^c   Riegel, Walter ^b,d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age; Astronomical tuning; Maar lake; Milankovitch cycles; Paleogene; Palynology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925535506     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1126-2     Document Type: Article

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