Dating the onset of volcanism at the Rum Igneous Centre, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 651-659

  Troll, Valentin R ^a,d   Nicoll, Graeme R ^a   Donaldson, Colin H ^b   Emeleus, Henry C ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASH FLOW; CALDERA; FELDSPAR; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PHENOCRYST; PLAGIOCLASE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; RUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349163546     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-190     Document Type: Article

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