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Potassium—Argon Ages of Rocks from Jan Mayen and an Outline of its Volcanic History

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FITCH, F., GRASTY, R. & MILLER, J. Potassium—Argon Ages of Rocks from Jan Mayen and an Outline of its Volcanic History. Nature 207, 1349–1351 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071349a0

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