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Science 17 April 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3929, pp. 359 - 361
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3929.359
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Fission Track Ages and Ages of Deposition of Deep-Sea Microtektites

W. Gentner 1, B. P. Glass 2, D. Storzer 3, and G. A. Wagner 3

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
2 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
3 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg

The Australasian and Ivory Coast deep-sea microtektites have fission track ages of 0.71 and 1.09 million years, respectively. These ages are in good agreement with the ages of deposition of the microtektites determined from paleomagnetic data. Both the fission track ages and ages of deposition of the microtektites agree with the potassium/ argon and fission track ages of tektites from the respective tektite strewn fields.

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