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Data Publication

40Ar/39Ar Radiometric Dating of Quaternary Basaltic Volcanism at the Kula Volcanic Province, Western Türkiye

Watfa, Megan | Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco

GFZ Data Services

(2025)

Descriptions

During this research at the 40Ar-39Ar Geochronology Laboratory, CNR, Pisa, Italy, the analysis focused on 40Ar- 39Ar radiometric dating to investigate three distinct periods of volcanism from the Kula Volcanic Province in western Türkiye. This area is a monogenetic volcanic field (MVF) and exhibits three eruptive periods in the Quaternary Period. The three periods of volcanism are named the Burgaz (first stage), the Elikcitepe (second stage), and the DivilitTepe (third stage). This type of volcanism is poorly understood due to their small eruption size and limited material, lack of suitable datable material, and short eruption duration, with geological histories often poorly constrained. The data publication includes data of four samples from the three different eruptive phases that were analysed, including one from the first stage, one from the second stage, and two from the third stage. The samples were successfully dated and gave ages as the Early Pleistocene (first stage), the Middle Pleistocene (second stage) and the Holocene (third stage). The data from this work will be used as part of a PhD thesis. The ages will be integrated into a more detailed geochemical analysis and facilitate a detailed examination of the temporal and spatial relationships for the evolution of the volcano, and insights into the mechanisms driving volcanic activity in the region. Data was acquired by an ARGUS VI multi-collector noble gas mass spectrometer, using the step-heating process for all samples. Between 9.9 and 11.1 mg of groundmass material was analysed.

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Monogenetic Volcanism
Monogenetic Volcanic Field
Western Turkey
EPOS
multi-scale laboratories
geochemistry and microscopy
geochemistry data
EARTH SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > ERUPTION DYNAMICS
lava flow
magmatic process
tectonic setting > intraplate tectonic setting
tectonic uplift
volcanic features
volcano

MSL enriched keywords
igneous rock - extrusive
basic extrusive
basalt
Phanerozoic
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Holocene
Pleistocene
analysis
geochronology
equipment
mass spectrometer

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry

Source

https://dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks/showshort.php?id=e48265dc-ac0f-11ef-967a-4ffbfe06208e

Source publisher

GFZ Data Services


DOI

10.5880/fidgeo.2024.038


Creators

Watfa, Megan

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University, UK

Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco

Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-9789


Contributors

Watfa, Megan

DataCollector

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University, UK

Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco

DataCollector

Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-9789

Kolbuken, Mesut

Researcher

Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University

Ar-Ar Geochronology Laboratory (IGG-CNR, Italy)

HostingInstitution

IGG-CNR, Italy

labid:

ea0ba15ea6bf983b1d8d8568829aa943

Watfa, Megan

ContactPerson

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University, UK


References

10.1016/j.quageo.2016.09.004

10.1007/s00445-022-01601-4


Citation

Watfa, M., & Di Vincenzo, G. (2025). 40Ar/39Ar Radiometric Dating of Quaternary Basaltic Volcanism at the Kula Volcanic Province, Western Türkiye [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2024.038


Dates

Collected:

2023-07-19/2023-07-25

Issued:

2025


Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International


Geo location(s)

Area of collected lava flows


Spatial coordinates