40Ar/39Ar temporal framework for the Alleret maar lacustrine sequence (French Massif-Central): Volcanological and paleoclimatic implications

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Nomade, Sébastien ^a   Gauthier, Agnès ^b   Guillou, Hervé ^a   Pastre, Jean François ^b  

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

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Ash beds; Early Middle Pleistocene; Lacustrine sediments; Massif Central; Sancy volcano

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALDERA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449596118     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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