Obsidian hydration: A new paleothermometer

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Anovitz, Lawrence M ^a,b   Riciputi, Lee R ^b   Cole, David R ^b   Fayek, Mostafa ^b   Elam, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin of Mexico; Hydration; Obsidian; Pachuca; Paleoclimate; Paleotemperature; Secondary ion mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

OBSIDIAN HYDRATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTHERMOMETER;

COOLING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

HYDRATION;

DATING METHOD; HYDRATION; OBSIDIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 33745881069     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22326.1     Document Type: Article

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