Eruptive history of Chimborazo volcano (Ecuador): A large, ice-capped and hazardous compound volcano in the Northern Andes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 221-222, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-51

  Samaniego, Pablo ^a,b,c   Barba, Diego ^c   Robin, Claude ^a,b,c   Fornari, Michel ^d   Bernard, Benjamin ^b,c,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 UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Andean volcanism; Chimborazo; Eruptive rates; Late pleistocene; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN VOLCANISM; CHIMBORAZO; ERUPTIVE RATES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; VOLCANOES;

BUILDINGS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; CHIMBORAZO; ECUADOR;

EID: 84857351697     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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