Late Miocene volcanism and intra-arc tectonics during the early development of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 161-185

  Ferrari, Luca ^a   Conticelli, Sandro ^b,c   Vaggelli, Gloria ^b   Petrone, Chiara M ^d   Manetti, Piero ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Late Miocene; Mafic volcanism; Oblique subduction; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt; Transtensional tectonics

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OBLIQUITY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034629522     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00310-8     Document Type: Article

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