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Plio-Pleistocene age of high-potassium volcanism in the northwestern part of the hellenic arc

Das plio-pleistozäne Alter des kalireichen Vulkanismus im Nordwest-Teil des hellenischen Bogens

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Two newK/Ar dates firmly establish that the high potassium volcanic rocks of Thessaly are of late Pliocene and Pleistocene age, considerably younger than the geochemically similar rocks of the Dodecanese.

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Zwei neue Altersbestimmungen nach derK/Ar-Methode zeigen, daß die kalireichen Vulkanite Thessaliens spät-pliozänen und pleistozänen Alters sind und damit beträchtlich jünger als die geochemisch ähnlichen Gesteine des Dodekanes.

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  1. Georgia Pe-Piper

    Present address: Geological Laboratory, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

  2. D. J. W. Piper

    Present address: Departments of Geology and Oceanography, Dalhousie University, B3H 3J5, Halifax, N. S., Canada

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  1. Department of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N. S., Canada

    Georgia Pe-Piper & D. J. W. Piper

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Pe-Piper, G., Piper, D.J.W. Plio-Pleistocene age of high-potassium volcanism in the northwestern part of the hellenic arc. TMPM Tschermaks Petr. Mitt. 26, 163–165 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081842

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