Article: [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39]Ar age of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, southwestern Nova Scotia.

ABSTRACT

Two whole-rock samples of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt have been dated using the [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39]Ar method. A single sample of fresh, medium-grained, holocrystalline basalt from the lower flow unit of this thick (i.e., 400 m) sequence gave coincident plateau and isochron correlation ages of 201 [+ or -] 2.5 Ma, in agreement with a zircon U-Pb age of 202 [+ or -] 1 Ma for this same flow unit. This [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39]Ar age contrasts with earlier conventional K-Ar whole-rock ages of ca. 192 Ma for the North Mountain Basalt, which are similar to other K-Ar and Ar/Ar ages for correlative basalts of eastern North America. The second dated sample is a ...

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