Inherited argon in a Pleistocene andesite lava: 40 Ar/ 39 Ar incremental-heating and laser-fusion analyses of plagioclase

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 427-430

  Singer, B S ^a   Wijbrans, J R ^b   Nelson, S T ^c   Pringle, M S ^d   Feeley, T C ^e   Dungan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FELDSPAR; LASER FUSION;

CENTRAL CHILE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; FUSION TECHNIQUES; HOLOCRYSTALLINE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MAGMA ASCENTS; MAGMA MIGRATION; PALEOZOIC ROCKS;

ARGON LASERS;

ANDESITE; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INHERITED ARGON; PLAGIOCLASE; PLEISTOCENE;

CHILE;

EID: 84879879181     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0427:IAIAPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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