Surface exposure dating of Holocene basalt flows and cinder cones in the Kula volcanic field (Western Turkey) using cosmogenic 3He and 10Be
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Description
The Kula volcanic field (Western Turkey) comprises about 80 cinder cones and associated basaltic lava flows of Quaternary age. Human footprints in ash deposits document that the early inhabitants of Anatolia were affected by the volcanic eruptions, but the age of the footprints and the most recent volcanic activity remains poorly constrained. To resolve the timing of the latest volcanic activity we determined the age of the youngest lava flows and cinder cones by applying 3He and 10Be exposure dating to olivine phenocrysts in basalt and quartz-bearing xenoliths. Cooperation partners: Dr. Samuel Niedermann, Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ) Potsdam Prof. Marcus Christl, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Cüneyt Akal, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
Project management at the University of Münster
| Hetzel, Ralf | Professur für Endogene Geologie und Strukturgeologie (Prof. Hetzel) |
Research associates from the University of Münster
| Heineke, Caroline | Institute and Museum of Geology and Palaeontology |
Project partners outside the University of Münster
- DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITYTürkiye
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)Germany