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High-precision U–Pb ages in the early Tithonian to early Berriasian and implications for the numerical age of the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary
Luis Lena
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205,
Switzerland
Rafael López-Martínez
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico
Marina Lescano
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Beatriz Aguire-Urreta
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Andrea Concheyro
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Verónica Vennari
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Maximiliano Naipauer
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Elias Samankassou
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205,
Switzerland
Márcio Pimentel
Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF,
70910-900, Brasil
Victor A. Ramos
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (UBA-CONICET),
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Urs Schaltegger
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205,
Switzerland
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Short summary
This paper investigates the numerical age of the J–K boundary that remains one of the last main Phanerozoic system boundaries without an adequate constraint by adequate radioisotopic ages. Here we find that there is potentially 4 Myr of difference between the current age of the J–K boundary and our data.
This paper investigates the numerical age of the J–K boundary that remains one of the last main...
