Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronology of North America
American Journal of Science · 1964 · 522 citations · 0 references
EngineeringTertiary Land MammalsEvolutionary BiologyAge BreakdownBiochronologyPotassium-argon DatesGeochronologyPotassium-argon AgesGeologic Time ScaleEarth ScienceArchaeological Dating
Potassium-argon ages of sanidines, biotites, and basalts are found to be in essential agreement with time-sequential dating of Tertiary land mammals. A detailed time scale of the Tertiary based on an age breakdown is given.--H.C.W.S