Radiocarbon ages of Holocene Pelado, Guespalapa and Chichinautzin scoria cones, south of Mexico city: Implications for archaeology and future hazards

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-225

  Siebe, Claus ^a   Rodríguez Lara, Virgilio ^a   Schaaf, Peter ^a   Abrams, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Chichinautzin; Hazards; Holocene; Radiocarbon; Scoria; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942530587     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-003-0304-z     Document Type: Article

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