Edades 40Ar-39Ar del Complejo Basal de la isla de La Gomera

This essay shows some new dating of the Basal Complex of La Gomera Island and among them, the first ones obtained using the 40Ar-39Ar methodology. Two of them are rocks of the Submarine Edifice. In the first one we obtain an age of 11,49 ± 0,66 Ma by the 40Ar-39Ar method, and in the second one 11,4...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Herrera, Raquel, Huertas, María José, Ancochea, Eumenio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/8252
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8252
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geochronology
Basal Complex
La Gomera
Canary Islands
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Sumario:This essay shows some new dating of the Basal Complex of La Gomera Island and among them, the first ones obtained using the 40Ar-39Ar methodology. Two of them are rocks of the Submarine Edifice. In the first one we obtain an age of 11,49 ± 0,66 Ma by the 40Ar-39Ar method, and in the second one 11,4 ± 1,6 Ma by the K-Ar method. These ages reveal that the volcanic activity of the NW outcroping Submarine Edifice is approximately 11,5 Ma in age, close to the beginning of the Lower Old Edifice activity. The third sample dated also by the 40Ar-39Ar method, is from the only syenitic rocks outcrop of La Gomera (Tamargada syenite); its age, 7,59 ± 0,81 Ma, confirms that these rocks represent the roots of one of the Old Edifice felsic episodes and that they do not belong to a felsic stage contemporary with the submarine growth of the island