Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3112605h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 12, CiteID L12605
Mathematics
Logic
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Geochemistry: Geochronology, Volcanology: Ash Deposits, Information Related To Geographic Region: Asia, Information Related To Geologic Time: Mesozoic
Scientific paper
The timing of the Jiufotang Formation remains speculative despite recent progress in the study of the Jehol Biota. In this paper we contribute to this topic with 40Ar/39Ar dating on K-feldspar (sanidine and orthoclase) from tuffs interbedded within the fossil-bearing shales of the Jiufotang Formation, from the upper part of the Jehol Group in Chaoyang, Liaoning, northeastern China. 40Ar/39Ar step heating analyses of K-feldspar and the SHRIMP U-Pb zircon data indicate that tuffs at the Shangheshou section erupted at 120.3 +/- 0.7 million years ago. This result confirms an Aptian age for the Jiufotang Formation that was mainly based on biostratigraphic evidence. It also places stringent controls on the age of the fossils from the formation, providing a minimum age (120 Ma) for the four-winged dinosaur, Microraptor, and the seed-eating bird, Jeholornis.
Boven A.
He Hui-Yong
Shi Guang-Hai
Wang Faming
Wang Xue-Lei
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