Age Determination of a Glacial Erratic in Columbus, Ohio

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Peters, Robert L.
Faure, Gunter
Issue Date:
1972-03
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The Ohio Journal of Science. v72 n2 (March, 1972), 87-90
Abstract:
The age of a large glacial erratic boulder located in front of Orton Hall on The Ohio State University campus was measured by the whole-rock Rb-Sr method and was found to be 998±82 million years. This date falls within the time interval of the Grenville Orogeny and suggests that the boulder originated from the Grenville Province of the Precambrian Shield of Canada
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Author Institution: Department of Geology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
ISSN:
0030-0950
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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/5678
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Reproduction of articles for non-commercial educational or research use granted without request if credit to The Ohio State University and The Ohio Academy of Science is given.
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