Crustal make-up of the Northern Andes: Evidence based on deep crustal xenolith suites, Mercaderes, SW Colombia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 345, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 49-82

  Weber, Marion B I ^a,b   Tarney, John ^b   Kempton, Pamela D ^c   Kent, Raymond W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andes; Colombia; Crustal geochemistry; Deep crustal xenoliths; Northern volcanic zone

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0036223010     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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