Age of Etendeka flood volcanism and associated intrusions in southwestern Africa

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 659-662

  Renne, Paul R ^a   Glen, Jonathan M ^a,d   Milner, Simon C ^b   Duncan, Andrew R ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MICA; VOLCANOES;

FLOOD VOLCANISMS; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY REVERSAL; HEATING ANALYSIS; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISMS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

VOLCANIC ROCKS; FLOODS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; VOLCANISM; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CRETACEOUS; ETENDEKA VOLCANISM; FLOOD VOLCANISM;

ANGOLA; NAMIBIA;

EID: 0030478095     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0659:AOEFVA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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