The Karoo large igneous province: Brevity, origin, and relation with mass extinction questioned by new 40Ar/39Ar age data: REPLY: REPLY | Zendy

Fred Jourdan | Zendy; Gilbert Féraud | Zendy; Hélène Bertrand | Zendy; A.B. Kampunzu | Zendy; G. Tshoso | Zendy; M. K. Watkeys | Zendy; Bernard Le Gall | Zendy

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The Karoo large igneous province: Brevity, origin, and relation with mass extinction questioned by new 40Ar/39Ar age data: REPLY: REPLY

Author(s) -

Fred Jourdan,

Gilbert Féraud,

Hélène Bertrand,

A.B. Kampunzu,

G. Tshoso,

M. K. Watkeys,

Bernard Le Gall

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

geology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609

H-Index - 215

eISSN - 1943-2682

pISSN - 0091-7613

DOI - 10.1130/g23593y.1

Subject(s) - geology , relation (database) , large igneous province , extinction event , igneous rock , extinction (optical mineralogy) , paleontology , geochemistry , demography , magmatism , database , sociology , biological dispersal , population , computer science , tectonics

[Riley et al. (2006a)][1] question our interpretations of 40Ar/39Ar data obtained on the Karoo flood basalts ([Jourdan, et al., 2005][2]). We believe their arguments are partially based on (1) poorly reliable 40Ar/39Ar age data (e.g., analyses of whole rocks that might have suffered hardly

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