Volcano evolution and eruptive flux on the thick crust of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone: 40Ar/39Ar constraints from Volcán Parinacota, Chile

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 343-362

  Hora, John M ^a   Singer, Brad S ^a   Wörner, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Andes; Central Volcanic Zone; Eruptive rates; Parinacota

Indexed keywords

ERUPTIVE RATES; LAVA FLOWS;

DEBRIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANDESITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CRUST; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; RHYOLITE; SANIDINE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947377098     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25954.1     Document Type: Article

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