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Concerning K–Ar Dating of a Basalt Flow from the Tahoe-Tioga Interglaciation, Sawmill Canyon, Southeastern Sierra Nevada, California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

G. Brent Dalrymple ,
R. M. Burke  and
Peter W. Birkeland
G. Brent Dalrymple
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
R. M. Burke
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Humbolt State University, Arcata, California 95521
Peter W. Birkeland
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80301
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Abstract

New K–Ar ages for a basalt flow interbedded with Tahoe and Tioga tills in Sawmill Canyon, southeastern Sierra Nevada, slightly refine previously published ages for the flow and provide an estimate of 53,000 ± 44,000 yr for the Tahoe-Tioga interglaciation.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 120 - 122
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University of Washington

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