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Five Late-Cenozoic olivine basalt samples, taken from 3 young volcanoes (Keluo, Lianhuashan and Qinglongshan) located in the north of Heilongjian Province, were dated by the conventional K-Ar dating method. The apparent ages of whole rock are (0. 06 ±0. 01) Ma, (0.15 ±0.03) Ma, (0.17 ±0.02) Ma, (21.10 ±0.13) Ma and (24.46 ±0.10) Ma, respectively. In the crushed sample grains (mush number 80–100) olivine (including phynocryst and xenocryst)was picked out under a binocular microscope, then apparent ages obtained are (0.03 ±0.01) Ma, (0.06 ±0.01) Ma, (0.07 ±0.03) Ma, (2.31 ±0.02) Ma and (1.50 ±0.21) Ma, respectively. The apparent ages of the o-livine-picked out sample are come down (younger) 50% to over 90%. There are a lot of the Late-Cenozoic volcanic olivine basalt outcropping in eastern China, probably the age-datings of those basalt samples in which olivine grains are unpicked out are older than the true geological ages. The inference and conclusion drawn from those datings should be renewed.
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Mu, Z., Liu, Y. & Huang, B. Influence of olivine grains on K-Ar dating of Late-Cenozoic olivine basalts in eastern China. Chin. Sci. Bull. 43, 1663–1665 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883415
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883415