New evidence for the age of the youngest eruptions in the Valles caldera, New Mexico

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-10

  Reneau, Steven L ^a   Gardner, Jamie N ^a   Forman, Steven L ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MOMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; GEOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; FISSION REACTIONS;

AGE DETERMINATION; FISSION TRACK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; NEW MEXICO; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC EVENT; AGE CONSTRAINTS; HYDROTHERMAL OUTFLOWS; VALLES CALDERA;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CALDERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARKER BED; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OUTFLOW;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; VALLES CALDERA; USA;

EID: 0029659152     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0007:NEFTAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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