Preliminary K/Ar geochronology of the Crater Basalt volcanic field (CBVF), northern Patagonia

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-29

  Pécskay, Zoltán ^a   Haller, Miguel J ^b   Németh, Károly ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Basalts; Geochronology; Patagonia; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRATER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; QUATERNARY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35648936937     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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