THE AGE OF THE PERMIAN TRIASSIC BOUNDARY

被引:105
作者
CLAOUELONG, JC [1 ]
ZHANG, ZC [1 ]
MA, GG [1 ]
DU, SH [1 ]
机构
[1] YICHANG INST GEOL & MINERAL RESOURCES,YICHANG 443003,PEOPLES R CHINA
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D O I
10.1016/0012-821X(91)90129-6
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The 5 cm boundary clay bed in the Chinese stratotype section through the Permian-Triassic boundary has been recognised as a bentonite. SHRIMP ion microprobe dating of zircons in the bentonite indicates a magmatic age of 251.2 +/- 3.4 Ma (2-sigma); this is the first direct constraint on the numerical age of the Permian-Triassic boundary. Future refinements of ages at this important, but poorly constrained, level of the Phanerozoic timescale may depend on re-analysis of this uniquely placed volcanic horizon, and other bentonites in the fossiliferous Chinese Upper Permian and Lower Triassic. The utility of defining the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Chinese stratotype section, in the vicinity of known dateable horizons, should be considered.
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页码:182 / 190
页数:9
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