Late Quaternary volcanic activity in Marie Byrd Land: Potential 40Ar/39Ar-dated time horizons in West Antarctic ice and marine cores

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1563-1580

  Wilch, T I ^a   McIntosh, W C ^b   Dunbar, N W ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EXPLOSIVES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

COARSE GRAIN SIZE; COMPOSITE VOLCANOES; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

ICE;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ICE CORE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND;

EID: 0033426946     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1563:LQVAIM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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