The age of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff caldera-forming eruption (Campi Flegrei caldera - Italy) assessed by 40Ar/39Ar dating method

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 157-170

  Deino, Alan L ^a   Orsi, Giovanni ^b   de Vita, Sandro ^b   Piochi, Monica ^b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating method; Campi Flegrei caldera; Geochronology; Holocene; Late Glacial; Neapolitan Yellow Tuff

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEATING; LASER APPLICATIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

LASER INCREMENTAL HEATING (LIH); MAGMA; SINGLE CRYSTAL TOTAL FUSION (SCTF); VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA; CAMPI FLEGREI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942494805     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00396-2     Document Type: Article

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