Geochemical variations in the <5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska: Implications for the magmatic and tectonic development of a complex continental arc system

Tectonophysics

Volumn 392, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 165-191

  Preece, Shari J ^a   Hart, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Central Alaska; Igneous petrology; Subduction zones; Tectonics; Volcanic field

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

ALASKA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WRANGELL MOUNTAINS;

EID: 11344294527     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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