Geochemical evidence for a lithospheric source for magmas from Los Humeros caldera, Puebla, Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 35-60

  Verma, Surendra P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calderas; Isotopes; Mexican Volcanic Belt; Mexico; Rift; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; SUBDUCTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034611324     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00138-2     Document Type: Article

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