Post-caldera activity in the Alban Hills volcanic district (Italy): 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and insights into magma evolution

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 227-247

  Marra, F ^a   Freda, C ^a   Scarlato, P ^a   Taddeucci, J ^a   Karner, D B ^b   Renne, P R ^b,c   Gaeta, M ^d   Palladino, D M ^d   Trigila, R ^d   Cavarretta, G ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Alban Hills; Hydromagmatic eruptions; K alkaline magmas; Petrology

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALDERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ALBAN HILLS; ITALY; ROME;

EID: 0037635049     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0255-9     Document Type: Article

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