Table 1: Potassium-argon dates on whole rock lavas from Mt. Giluwe

• Main Author: Löffler, E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1976
• Subjects: Age; 14C AMS; dated; dated standard deviation; Argon-40; Argon-40/Potassium-40; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Mount Giluwe; Southern Highlands province; Papua New Guinea; MtGiluwe; Potassium; Sample ID; X-ray fluorescence (XRF); Ice cap
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.803489; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803489

A series of K-Ar dates from Mt Giluwe volcano is reported and its relevance to the Quaternary history of the volcano is discussed. The period between about 380 000 and 220 000 years BP seems to have been one of major volcanic activity. During the volcanic activity there were periods of ice cover pro...