Volcanic history and 40Ar/39Ar and 14C geochronology of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 103-115

  Calvert, Andrew T ^a   Moore, Richard B ^b   McGeehin, John P ^b   Rodrigues da Silva, Antonio M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; geochronology; volcanic history

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGIC MAPPING; POSTCALDERA ERUPTIONS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RADIOCARBON AGES; VOLCANIC HISTORY;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALDERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TERCEIRA;

EID: 33745931088     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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