A Grenvillian arc on the margin of Amazonia: Evidence from the southern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 165-181

  Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Dostal, J ^b   Ortega Gutierrez F ^a   Lopez, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calc alkaline volcanics; Mexico; Neoproterozoic; Rift magma; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; BARIUM; LANTHANIDE; NIOBIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MAGMA; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDRATION; MEXICO; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANO;

MEXICO;

EID: 0035843027     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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