Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981e%26psl..53..445r&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 53, no. 3, May 1981, p. 445-456. Research supported by the Stiftelsen Blanceflor Bonc
Mathematics
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Argon Isotopes, Geochronology, Radioactive Age Determination, Rubidium Isotopes, Strontium Isotopes, Volcanoes, Biotite, Potassium, Pyroxenes
Scientific paper
Ages of leucite and biotite separates from samples of the potassic volcanics of the Roman Comagmatic region are derived by the stepwise degassing variant of the Ar-39-Ar-40 dating method and compared with those derived from Rb-Sr dating in order to evaluate the abilities of the methods to date Quaternary geological events. Six of the leucite separates are found to contain Ar with very high bulk 40/36 ratios and to have well correlated Ar-40 and Ar-39 contents, yielding ages of approximately 338,000 years. Two leucites observed to contain Ar with lower bulk 40/36 ratios and Ar-40/Ar-36 ratios significantly lower than atmospheric are found to have ages in substantial agreement with those of the other leucites despite the uncertainty in the composition of the trapped component. Ages obtained for the biotites are not as precise as those of the leucites, due to difficulties in obtaining a good separation of in situ radiogenic Ar-40 from trapped Ar-40. Ages determined from Rb-Sr measurements for selected tuff samples are found to be in good agreement with the Ar-40-Ar-39 ages of the leucites. Results demonstrate the possibility of attaining precisions of better than 5% in the dating of rocks 350,000 years old by both the Ar-40-Ar-39 and the Rb-Sr methods.
Huneke J. C.
Papanastassiou Dimitri Anastassios
Radicati di Brozolo Filippo
Wasserburg Gerald J.
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