The 40Ar/39Ar age dating of the Madeira Archipelago and hotspot track (eastern North Atlantic)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Geldmacher, Jörg ^a   Van Den Bogaard, Paul ^a   Hoernle, Kaj ^a   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age dating; African plate motion; Amp re Seamount; Desertas Islands; hotspot; Madeira

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DATING; DESERTAS ISLANDS; HOT SPOT; MADEIRA; PLATE MOTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 84938082917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GC000018     Document Type: Article

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