New unspiked K-Ar ages of Quaternary sub-glacial and sub-aerial volcanic activity in Iceland

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-19

  Guillou, Hervé ^a   Van Vliet Lanoë, Brigitte ^b   Gudmundsson, Agust ^c   Nomade, Sébastien ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c JFS Geological Services   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Glaciation; Iceland; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70449533137     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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