Argon-40: Excess in submarine pillow basalts from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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Abstract
Submarine pillow basalts from Kilauea Volcano contain excess radiogenic argon-40 and give anomalously high potassium-argon ages. Glassy rims of pillows show a systematic increase in radiogenic argon-40 with depth, and a pillow from a depth of 2590 meters shows a decrease in radiogenic argon-40 inward from the pillow rim. The data indicate that the amount of excess radiogenic argon-40 is a direct function of both hydrostatic pressure and rate of cooling, and that many submarine basalts are not suitable for potassium-argon dating.
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Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Argon-40: Excess in submarine pillow basalts from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii |
Series title | Science |
DOI | 10.1126/science.161.3846.1132 |
Volume | 161 |
Issue | 3846 |
Year Published | 1968 |
Language | English |
Publisher | AAAS |
Contributing office(s) | Volcano Science Center |
Description | 4 p. |
First page | 1132 |
Last page | 1135 |
Country | United States |
State | Hawaii |
Other Geospatial | Kilauea Volcano |
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