Edades 39Ar/40Ar de los depósitos de Roques de García (Las Cañadas, Tenerife)

During the evolution of the Las Cañadas volcanic edifice, debris avalanches were very significant destructive events. The Roques de Garcia unit was generated by such an event. 39Ar/40Ar dating has been carried out on different rock types related to this deposit. 1.70-1.40 Ma ages were measured on vo...

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Autores: Arnaud, N., Huertas, María José, Cantagrel, J. M., Ancochea, Eumenio, Fúster, J. M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
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:10272/9770
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9770
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:39Ar/40Ar chronology
Debris avalanches
Roques de García unit
Tenerife
Canary islands
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Sumario:During the evolution of the Las Cañadas volcanic edifice, debris avalanches were very significant destructive events. The Roques de Garcia unit was generated by such an event. 39Ar/40Ar dating has been carried out on different rock types related to this deposit. 1.70-1.40 Ma ages were measured on volcanic matérial involved in the avalanche deposit, 0.43 Ma on a phonolitic dyke cutting this formation. These results bracket the age of the debris avalanche emplacement which could mark either the transition between Cañadas ll-Cañadas III (1.4-1.1 Ma) or Cañadas Illa-Cañadas lllb (0.6-0.7 Ma) volcanic phases