High-temperature emplacement of the Cerro Galán and Toconquis Group ignimbrites (Puna plateau, NW Argentina) determined by TRM analyses

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1535-1565

  Lesti, Chiara ^a   Porreca, Massimiliano ^a,b   Giordano, Guido ^a   Mattei, Massimo ^a   Cas, Raymond A F ^c   Wright, Heather M N ^c   Folkes, Chris B ^c   Viramonte, J ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cerro Gal n ignimbrite; Emplacement temperatures; Paleomagnetism; Pyroclastic flow; Toconquis Group

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CLAST; DEMAGNETIZATION; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNIMBRITE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MAGMA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARGENTINA; PUNA;

EID: 82455192290     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0536-2     Document Type: Article

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