Palaeoenvironment reconstruction, volcanic evolution and geochronology of the Cerro Blanco subcomplex, Nevados de Chillán volcanic complex, central Chile

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 933-952

  Mee, Katy ^a,e   Gilbert, Jennie S ^a   McGarvie, David W ^b   Naranjo, José A ^c   Pringle, Malcolm S ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Caldera collapse; Cerro Blanco; Nevados de Chill n; Palaeoenvironment reconstruction; Snow contact; Volcano ice interaction

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CALDERA; DACITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAVA FLOW; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BIO BIO; CHILE; NEVADOS DE CHILLAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349212255     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0277-7     Document Type: Article

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