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| File Name |
IESS10057.16D05392.pdf |
| Data Type |
spreadsheet |
| Computer Program |
ArArCALC 2.7.0 |
| File Size |
1.38 MB - 4 files [ pdf,xls,age,xml ] |
| Expert Level |
State-of-the-art Science |
| Contributor |
Susan Schnur |
| Source |
http://earthref.org/ERDA/IESS10057/ |
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Description
This upload contains the 40Ar/39Ar geochronology age determination of sample MV1203-D08-05 from Beluga Seamount in Walvis Ridge and was calculated using the ArArCALC freeware. The preferred age of 66.35 ± 0.04 Ma is the age plateau and is interpreted as the eruption age of the sample. Excess argon signature, tiny plateau at low-T and and another slightly higher. Broader plateau selected.
The age determination was carried out on a sample of trachybasalt (groundmass) in an incremental heating experiment and using the bulk laser heating extraction method. The analyses were run on a ARGUS-VI mass spectrometer and the ages were calculated relative to flux monitor FCT-NM (7A12-15) (sanidine) with an age of 28.201 ± 0.082 Ma. This sample was collected by Anthony Koppers (akoppers@ceoas.oregonstate.edu). Sample Description: Standard. Sample Treatment: Medium-grained, sparsely vesicular basalt. Moderately altered GM, sparsely ol-phyric.. |
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Geological Age Range and Timescale
21.62 - 21.57 Ma |
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Location
31º 52.80' S - 31º 52.80' S 0º 27.42' E - 0º 27.42' E, MV1203-D08-05, Atlantic Ocean, African Plate |
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Instructions
This ERDA upload contains four separate 40Ar/39Ar age calculation files generated with ArArCALC. Both the XLS and PDF files are for easy viewing in Microsoft Excel or Adobe Acrobat Reader, whereas the AGE file is readable by the ArArCALC software only and the XML file is generated for the GEOCHRON online database project. For full age calculation functionality it is recommended that you open the AGE file in the ArArCALC software that is available as freeware online at http://earthref.org/ArArCALC ... |
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Keywords
40Ar/39Ar, Geochronology, Radiometric Age Dating, K/Ar, Argon, Mass Spectrometry, ArArCALC, Data Reduction, IESS10057 (IGSN), 16D05392 (Experiment), WALVIS RIDGE, MV1203 (13-INT-04) (Project), Dredging (Collection Method), Ship (Platform Type), Individual Sample (Collection Object), Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic (Rock Classification), Groundmass (Mineral Type), 212-300 µm (Grain Size), 8.4 mg (Sample Weight), Seamount (Feature Type) |
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