New radiometric and petrological constraints on the evolution of the Pichincha volcanic complex (Ecuador)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1109-1129

  Robin, Claude ^a,b,c   Samaniego, Pablo ^a,b,c   Le Pennec, Jean Luc ^a,b   Fornari, Michel ^d   Mothes, Patricia ^c   van der Plicht, Johannes ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

14C geochronology; 40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Eruption frequency; Eruptive rate; Explosive volcanism; Pichincha volcano

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASH FLOW; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ECUADOR; PICHINCHA; QUITO;

EID: 78149498170     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0389-0     Document Type: Article

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