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The island of Aegma includes some of the oldest volcanic rocks in the south Hellenic Arc previous radiometric dates range from 3.87 to 4.4 Ma. The volcanic sequence is divided into nine units on the basis of field relations, petrography and geochemistry, and the characteristic paleomagnetic polarity of each unit has been determined. Two new radiometric dates (2.1 and 3.9 Ma) show that the volcanism spans the Pliocene. A detailed chronology is proposed using the paleomagnetic data which places the most voluminous volcanism in the mid Pliocene.
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Pe-Piper, G., Piper, D.J.W. & Reynolds, P.H. Paleomagnetic stratigraphy and radiometric dating of the pliocene volcanic rocks of Aegina, Greece. Bull Volcanol 46, 1–7 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02598241
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