The early Cretaceous Arperos oceanic basin ( Western Mexico). Geochemical evidence for an aseismic ridge formed near a spreading center

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-367

  Freydier, C ^a   Martinez R , J ^b   Lapierre, H ^a   Tardy, M ^c   Coulon, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEISMIC RIDGE; CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SPREADING CENTRE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030477832     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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