Silicic volcanism at Ljósufjöll, Iceland: Insights into evolution and eruptive history from Ar-Ar dating

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 154-175

  Flude, S ^a   Burgess, R ^a   McGarvie, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Iceland; rhyolite; Snaefellsnes; trachyte

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE;

RHYOLITE; SILICIC VOLCANISM;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FELDSPAR; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; MAGMA; RHYOLITE; TRACHYTE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 38349082277     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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