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High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Age Calibration of the Global Carboniferous Time Scale and Milankovitch Band Cyclicity in the Donets Basin, Eastern Ukraine
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
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Article
Publication Date
2-2-2010
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Abstract
High-precision ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon ages for 12 interstratified tuffs and tonsteins are used to radiometrically calibrate the detailed lithostratigraphic, cyclostratigraphic, and biostratigraphic framework of the Carboniferous Donets Basin of eastern Europe. Chemical abrasion of zircons, use of the internationally calibrated EARTHTIME mixed U-Pb isotope dilution tracer, and improved mass spectrometry guided by detailed error analysis have resulted in an age resolution of
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Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union. DOI: 10.1029/2009gc002736
Citation Information
Vladimir I. Davydov, James L. Crowley, Mark D. Schmitz and Vladislav I. Poletaev. "High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Age Calibration of the Global Carboniferous Time Scale and Milankovitch Band Cyclicity in the Donets Basin, Eastern Ukraine" Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_schmitz/3/