Age of volcanism and its migration in the Samoa Islands

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 705-717

  McDougall, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hotspots; K Ar dating; Samoa Islands; volcanism

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CURRENT PLATE MOTIONS; GPS MEASUREMENTS; HOTSPOTS; K-AR DATING; MIGRATION RATES; PACIFIC PLATES; SAMOA ISLANDS; VOLCANISM;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

AGE DETERMINATION; HOT SPOT; LAVA; MIGRATION; PLATE MOTION; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUBMARINE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

EID: 78049452451     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000038     Document Type: Article

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