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^(238)U-^(230)Th dating of a geomagnetic excursion in Quaternary basalts of the Albuquerque Volcanoes Field, New Mexico (USA)

Peate, D. W. and Chen, J. H. and Wasserburg, G. J. and Papanastassiou, D. A. and Geissman, J. W. (1996) ^(238)U-^(230)Th dating of a geomagnetic excursion in Quaternary basalts of the Albuquerque Volcanoes Field, New Mexico (USA). Geophysical Research Letters, 23 (17). pp. 2271-2274. ISSN 0094-8276. doi:10.1029/96GL02064. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131113-134356119

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Abstract

We report the ^(238)U-^(230)Th age derived from samples from three basalt flows from the Albuquerque Volcanoes Field, central New Mexico (USA), interpreted to have erupted during one of the Bruhnes Chron geomagnetic field polarity events. Whole-rock samples and magnetite separates from two of the samples define an isochron with an age of 156±29 ka (2σ). It is now possible to determine the ages of geomagnetic excursions with reasonable precision, by the ^(238)U-^(230)Th method, using basalts erupted between possibly 25 and up to 250 ka. Although a strict correlation of the polarity event recorded by the Albuquerque lavas with other high amplitude field phenomena in the latest Quaternary is not yet possible, the Blake and the less well-documented Old Crow and Biwa I/Jamaica events are likely candidates.


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Wasserburg, G. J.0000-0002-7957-8029
Additional Information:© 1996 by the American Geophysical Union. We are grateful to N. Thouveny and an anonymous reviewer for careful and constructive reviews. This work was supported by DOE Grant DE FG 03 88 ER 13851 and NSF-EAR Grant 9205596. Division contribution #5608(911).
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Department of Energy (DOE)DE FG 03 88 ER 13851
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