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Bailey K. Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands. Science. 1976;192(4238):465-7doi: 10.1126/science.192.4238.465.
Bailey, K. (1976). Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands. Science (New York, N.Y.), 192(4238), 465-7. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.192.4238.465
Bailey, K. "Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 192,4238 (1976): 465-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.192.4238.465
Bailey K. Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands. Science. 1976 Apr 30;192(4238):465-7. doi: 10.1126/science.192.4238.465. PMID: 17731085.
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Science. 1976 Apr 30;192(4238):465-7. doi: 10.1126/science.192.4238.465.

Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

K Bailey

PMID: 17731085 DOI: 10.1126/science.192.4238.465

Abstract

Potassium-argon ages of eight volcanic rocks from some of the geologically oldest flows exposed in the Galápagos Archipelago indicate that the Galápagos Islands have a probable maximum age of 3 million years. Rocks from six islands were dated; the oldest are from Española (3.2 +/- 0.2), Sante Fe (2.7 +/- 0.1), and Plazas (4.2 +/- 1.8 million years). The new data suggest that the Galápagos Islands are younger than previously supposed on the basis of marine magnetic anomaly dating, but they are older than most previously dated rocks from the Galápagos.

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