Systematics of xenocrystic contamination: Preservation of discrete feldspar populations at McCullough Pass Caldera revealed by 40Ar/39Ar dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 153-165

  Spell, Terry L ^a   Smith, Eugene I ^a   Sanford, Aaron ^a   Zanetti, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Acidic composition; Ar 40 Ar 39; Contamination; Volcanic rocks; Xenocrysts

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FELDSPAR; INCLUSION; PETROGRAPHY; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034843288     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00382-X     Document Type: Article

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