40Ar-39Ar dating of volcanogenic products from the AND-2A core (ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica): Correlations with the Erebus Volcanic Province and implications for the age model of the core

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 487-505

  Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco ^a   Bracciali, Laura ^b   Del Carlo, Paola ^c   Panter, Kurt ^d   Rocchi, Sergio ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; ANDRILL SMS; Erebus volcanic province; Lava clasts; McMurdo Sound; Sedimentation rate; Tephra layers; Victoria Land Basin

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LAVA; MIOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND BASIN;

EID: 77952671706     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0337-z     Document Type: Article

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