Slab detachment control on mafic volcanic pulse and mantle heterogeneity in central Mexico

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Ferrari, Luca ^a  

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

Author keywords

Miocene; Oceanic island basalts; Slab detachment; Trans Mexican volcanic belt; Volcanic pulse

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MICROPLATES;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FAULT; MIOCENE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 1142281133     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19887.1     Document Type: Article

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