Cryogenic separation of glauconite and foraminifera from Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in Nasiłów, Poland, for radiometric dating and stratigraphy

Artur Wójtowicz, Tomasz Pieńkos, Stanisław Hałas, Danuta Peryt, Tomasz Durakiewicz, Agnieszka Młynek

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We have demonstrated that cryogenic separation of glauconite and foraminifera from the host rock allows to preserve the integrity of extracted specimens, assures minimal damage and causes no artificial fractionation. The K/Ar dating of two glauconite samples from Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the Nasiłów outcrop yields 62.0 and 66.3 Ma. The discrepancy in these dates, much larger than expected from analytical precision, may result from too low %K, which was 5.91 and 5.73, respectively.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/aaa.2014.69.23
Date of publication: 2015-05-22 14:22:43
Date of submission: 2015-04-22 19:50:08


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