Identifying potentially active volcanoes in the Andes: Radiometric evidence for late Pleistocene-early Holocene eruptions at Volcán Imbabura, Ecuador

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 121-135

  Le Pennec, J L ^a,b,c   Ruiz, A G ^d   Eissen, J P ^a,b,c   Hall, M L ^d   Fornari, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Active volcanoes; Ecuador; Imbabura volcano; Radiometric dating

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CENTER; ACTIVE VOLCANOES; BLOCK-AND-ASH FLOW; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; EASTERN SIDE; ECUADOR; FLANK COLLAPSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENES; IMBABURA VOLCANO; INDONESIA; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LAVA FLOWS; LAVA VOLUMES; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; OUTPUT RATE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW DEPOSITS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TEPHRA LAYERS; URBAN AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUILDINGS; DEBRIS; DOMES; EXPLOSIVES; RADIOMETRY;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRECCIA; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; EMPLACEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; LAVA FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; CHILE; ECUADOR; IMBABURA; INDONESIA;

EID: 80052386810     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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