40Ar/39Ar eruption ages and geochemical characteristics of Late Tertiary to Quaternary intraplate and arc-related lavas in interior Alaska

Lithos

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Andronikov, Alexander V ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Interior Alaska; Isotope ratios; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; PARTIAL MELTING; QUATERNARY; TERTIARY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; BUZZARD CREEK; FORT HAMLIN HILLS; PRINDLE VOLCANO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349104181     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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