40Ar/ 39Ar isotopic dating of Etna volcanic succession

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-305

  De Beni, Emanuela ^a   Branca, Stefano ^a   Coltelli, Mauro ^a   Groppelli, Gianluca ^b   Wijbrans, Jan R ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Etna volcano; Volcanic succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855317886     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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