Geochemical diversity of Late Miocene Volcanism in southern Baja California, Mexico: Implication of mantle and crustal sources during the opening of an asthenospheric window

Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 627-648

  Benoit, Mathieu ^a   Aguillón Robles, Alfredo ^a,b   Calmus, Thierry ^c   Maury, René C ^a   Bellon, Hervé ^a   Cotten, Joseph ^a   Bourgois, Jacques ^d   Michaud, François ^e  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0036996545     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342735     Document Type: Article

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