40Ar/39Ar ages of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, Italy

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Lanphere, Marvin ^a   Champion, Duane ^a   Melluso, Leone ^b   Morra, Vincenzo ^b   Perrotta, Annamaria ^b   Scarpati, Claudio ^b   Tedesco, Dario ^b   Calvert, Andrew ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar Geochronology; AD 79 eruption; Historic eruption

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; SANIDINE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

POPPEA;

EID: 33751252547     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-006-0071-8     Document Type: Article

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