Petrology of Alarcon Rise lavas, Gulf of California: Nascent intracontinental ocean crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Castillo, P R ^a   Hawkins, J W ^a   Lonsdale, P F ^a   Hilton, D R ^a   Shaw, A M ^a   Glascock, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarcon; Gulf of California; Mantle composition; Mid ocean ridge; MORB; Petrology

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; PETROLOGY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ALARCON RISE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 18744422650     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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