40Ar/39Ar Dating into the historical realm: Calibration against Pliny the younger

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5330, 1997, Pages 1279-1280

  Renne, P R ^a,b   Sharp, W D ^a   Deino, A L ^a   Orsi, G ^c   Civetta, L ^c,d  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Vesuvian Observatory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; PUMICE; SANIDINE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GEOLOGY; HAZARD; HEATING; HISTORY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANO;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, MOUNT VESUVIAS;

EID: 0030756671     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5330.1279     Document Type: Article

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