Dating of the Upper Pleistocene-Holocene volcanic activity of La Palma using the unspiked K-Ar technique

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 137-149

  Guillou, Hervé ^a   Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^b   Day, Simon J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Canary islands; Holocene; K Ar geochronology; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SEA LEVEL; VOLCANISM;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0032430186     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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