Implications for the early shield-stage evolution of Tenerife from K/Ar ages and magnetic stratigraphy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 599-614

  Guillou, Hervé ^a   Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^b   Paris, Raphael ^c   Torrado, Francisco José Pérèz ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canarian Archipelago; K Ar geochronology; Magnetic stratigraphy; Shield volcanism; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SHIELD VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 2542421864     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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