New K-Ar ages from La Montagne massif, Réunion Island (Indian Ocean), supporting two geomagnetic events in the time period 2.2-2.0 Ma

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 699-710

  Quidelleur, X ^a   Holt, J W ^b   Salvany, T ^a   Bouquerel, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic excursions; Indian Ocean; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism; Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPIC DATA; LAVA FLOWS; MEAN AGES; NEW RESULTS; OCEANIC HOTSPOTS AND INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; REVERSALS: PROCESS, TIMESCALE, MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TIME-PERIODS;

LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LAVA FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SECULAR VARIATION; TIMESCALE; VOLCANISM;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 77955142340     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04651.x     Document Type: Article

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