40Ar/39Ar geochronology of rhyolites erupted following collapse of the Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field: Implications for crustal contamination

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-107

  Gansecki, C A ^a   Mahood, G A ^a   McWilliams, M O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ar 40 Ar 39; Laser methods; Magma contamination; Rhyolites; Snake River plain

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CALDERA COLLAPSE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU;

EID: 0030465280     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00088-x     Document Type: Article

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