Southward migration of continental volcanic activity in the Sierra de Las Cruces, Mexico: Palaeomagnetic and radiometric evidence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 201-215

  Osete, María Luisa ^a   Ruiz Martínez, Vicente Carlos ^a   Caballero, Cecilia ^b   Galindo, Carmen ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^b   Tarling, Donald H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Inst Geofisica Univ Nac A   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental volcanism; K Ar dating; Palaeomagnetism; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt; Volcanic activity migration

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 0342471761     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00312-1     Document Type: Article

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