Timeline for Nanushuk-Torok deposition

Radiometric dating of zircon grains provides insights into the timing of sediment deposition and the origin of the sediments

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

A recently published Geological Society of America research paper by geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of California describes the results of the radiometric dating of sediments within the Nanushuk and Torok formations on Alaska’s North Slope. The formations have been the....

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