Dating Clinopyroxene Phenocrysts in Submarine Basalts Using 40 Ar/ 39 Ar Geochronology
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DOI: 10.1029/2018gc007697
Abstract: Dating submarine basalts using ^(40)Ar/^(39)Ar geochronology is often hindered by a lack of potassium‐bearing phenocrystic phases and severe alteration in the groundmass. Clinopyroxene is a common phenocrystic phase in seafloor basalts and is highly resistive… read more here.
Keywords: clinopyroxene phenocrysts; basalts using; age; using geochronology ... See more keywords