40Ar/39Ar and 14C geochronology of the Albano maar deposits: Implications for defining the age and eruptive style of the most recent explosive activity at Colli Albani Volcanic District, Central Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Giaccio, B ^a   Marra, F ^b   Hajdas, I ^c   Karner, D B ^d   Renne, P R ^e   Sposato, A ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; 40Ar 39Ar; Albano maar; Central Italy; geochronology

Indexed keywords

14C; 40AR/39AR; ALBANO MAAR; CENTRAL ITALY; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMS; SOIL HORIZON; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; VOLCANIC DISTRICT;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ARGON;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAAR; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALBAN HILLS; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849128536     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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