The Plio-Quaternary volcanic evolution of Gran Canaria based on new K-Ar ages and magnetostratigraphy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-246

  Guillou, Hervé ^a   Torrado, Francisco José Perez ^b   Hansen Machin, Alex R ^b   Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^c   Gimeno, Domingo ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

APTS; Canarian Archipelago; Gauss Gilbert; Gran Canaria; K Ar geochronology; Magnetic stratigraphy; Olduvai

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

FIELD GEOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

BRUNHES CHRON; COLLAPSE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; QUATERNARY; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2942692070     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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