Chronostratigraphy of Monte Vulture volcano (southern Italy): Secondary mineral microtextures and 39Ar-40Ar systematics

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1195-1208

  Villa, Igor M ^a,b   Buettner, Annett ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c LPK GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

39Ar 40Ar dating; Campanian Ignimbrite; Deuteric reactions; Isochemical ages; Melfi ha ynophyre; Monte Vulture volcano; Monticchio Lakes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNIMBRITE; MINERALOGY; QUATERNARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MOUNT VULTURE; POTENZA;

EID: 77952877632     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0294-6     Document Type: Article

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