Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2015
Abstract
Two tuffs in the Lower Cretaceous Agrio Formation, Neuquén Basin, provided U–Pb zircon radioisotopic ages of 129.09 ± 0.16 Ma and 127.42 ± 0.15 Ma. Both horizons are well constrained biostratigraphically by ammonites and nannofossils and can be correlated with the ‘standard’ sequence of the Mediterranean Province. The lower horizon is very close to the base of the Upper Hauterivian and the upper horizon to the Hauterivian/Barremian boundary, indicating that the former lies at c. 129.5 Ma and the latter at c. 127 Ma. These new radioisotopic ages fill a gap of over 8 million years in the numerical calibration of the current global Early Cretaceous geological time scale.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published by Cambridge University Press in Geological Magazine. Copyright restrictions may apply. doi: 10.1017/S001675681400082X
Publication Information
Aguirre-Urreta, Beatriz; Lescano, Marina; Schmitz, Mark D.; Tunik, Maisa; Concheyro, Andrea; Rawson, Peter F.; and Ramos, Victor A.. (2015). "Filling the Gap: New Precise Early Cretaceous Radioisotopic Ages from the Andes". Geological Magazine, 152(3), 557-564. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681400082X