A high-precision40Ar/39Ar age for the N�rdlinger Ries impact crater, Germany, and implications for the accurate dating of terrestrial impact events

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of specimens of moldavite, the formation of which is linked to the Ries impact in southern Germany, with a latest-generation ARGUS VI multi-collector mass spectrometer yielded three fully concordant plateau ages with a weighted mean age of 14.808 ± 0.021 Ma (±...

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Main Authors: Schmieder, M., Kennedy, T., Jourdan, Fred, Buchner, E., Reimold, W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57920