Potassium-Argon Dating is a radiometric dating method that measures the accumulation of argon-40 in potassium-bearing minerals to determine the absolute age of rocks and geological events, particularly in the Quaternary period, by exploiting the known decay rate of potassium-40 to argon-40.
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Excess argon in K–Ar and Ar–Ar geochronology
Chemical Geology · 2002 · 427 citations
Flood Basalt Volcanism During the Past 250 Million Years
Michael R. Rampino, Richard B. Stothers · Science · 1988 · 356 citations
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