Preliminary results of a rock-magnetic study of obsidians from central Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central Mexico; Obsidian; Provenance studies; Rock magnetism; Trans Mexican volcanic belt

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MINERAL; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MEXICO; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 0032866053     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1999.38.2.385     Document Type: Article

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