The 89 Ma Tortugal komatiitic suite, Costa Rica: Implications for a common geological origin of the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific region from a mantle plume

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-442

  Alvarado, Guillermo E ^a   Denyer, Percy ^b   Sinton, Christopher W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; MAGNESIA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONVECTIVE PLUME; COSTA RICA; EASTERN PACIFIC; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TURONIAN; MESOZOIC;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; CRETACEOUS; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; MANTLE PLUMES; TURONIAN; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COSTA RICA; GULF OF NICOYA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 0030772034     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0439:TMTKSC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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