Determining eruption ages and erosion rates of Quaternary basaltic volcanism from combined U-series disequilibria and cosmogenic exposure ages

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-474

  Sims, Kenneth W W ^a   Ackert Jr , Robert P ^b   Ramos, Frank C ^c   Sohn, Robert A ^a   Murrell, Michael T ^d   DePaolo, Donald J ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3He and 36Cl cosmogenic ages; Dating qauternary basalts; Erosion rates; U TH Ra disequilibria

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; EROSION RATES; FLOW MORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY BASALTS; VOLCANIC FIELD;

BASALT; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248585889     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23381A.1     Document Type: Article

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