The Karoo Large Igneous Province: brevity, origin and relation with mass extinction in question from new 40Ar/39Ar age data.

Riley et al. (2006a) question our interpretations of 40Ar/39Ar data obtained on the Karoo fl ood basalts (Jourdan, et al., 2005). We believe their arguments are partially based on (1) poorly reliable 40Ar/39Ar age data (e.g., analyses of whole rocks that might have suffered hardly detectable alterat...

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Main Authors: Jourdan, Fred, Feraud, G., Bertrand, H., Kampunzu, A., Tshoso, G., Watkeys, M., Le Gall, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society of America Inc 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46495