The 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the duration of resurgence at the Valles caldera, New Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Phillips, Erin H ^a   Goff, Fraser ^b   Kyle, Philip R ^a,c   McIntosh, William C ^a,c   Dunbar, Nelia W ^c   Gardner, Jamie N ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALDERA; MELT INCLUSION; PHENOCRYST; SANIDINE; TUFF; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALLES CALDERA;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 35348831762     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004511     Document Type: Article

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