Age and stratigraphic relationships of pre- and syn-rift volcanic deposits in the northern Puertecitos Volcanic Province, Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-30

  Nagy, Elizabeth A ^a   Grove, Marty ^b   Stock, Joann M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Gulf Extensional Province; Lava flow; Puerticitos Volcanic Province; Pyroclastic flow deposit; Volcaniclastic deposit

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033571817     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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