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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geologic mapping

Other Subject Keywords

FBGC, USGS, 40Ar/39Ar, Bascom ARgon Dating Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey

Place Keywords

Connecticut, Fairfield County

40Ar/39Ar data from the Old Mine Park area, Trumbull, Connecticut

This data release includes 40Ar/39Ar data from the U.S. Geological Survey for samples from Old Mine Park Area, Trumbull, Connecticut. Mineral samples were collected by Robert Wintsch and Harold Moritz. Potassium-bearing mineral grains were separated from the bulk sample and analyzed by argon geochronology at the U.S. Geological Survey Bascom ARgon Dating (BARD) Laboratory in Reston, Virginia. The data provide age constraints on units in the relevant geologic mapping area.

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Author(s) Ryan McAleer, Harold Moritz, Robert P. Wintsch, William Devlin
Publication Date 2022-03-29
Beginning Date of Data 2019
Ending Date of Data 2022
Data Contact
Ryan McAleer
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9S9OYK8
Citation McAleer, R., Moritz, H., Wintsch, R.P., and Devlin, W., 2022, 40Ar/39Ar data from the Old Mine Park area, Trumbull, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9S9OYK8.
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Ryan McAleer
Metadata Date 2023-02-02
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