Cerro Grande volcano: The evolution of a Miocene stratocone in the early Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 249-280

  Gómez Tuena, Arturo ^a   Carrasco Núñez, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydromagmatic eruptions; Late Miocene; Lithic rich ignimbrites; Mexico; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt; Volcanic evolution

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; MIOCENE; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343729368     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00314-5     Document Type: Article

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