Age of the Los Ranchos Formation, Dominican Republic: Timing and tectonic setting of primitive island arc volcanism in the Caribbean region

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 987-995

  Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^b   Allen, Charlotte M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Hispaniola; Los Ranchos Formation; Plate tectonics; U Pb island arc tholeiite

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC VOLCANISM; LOS RANCHOS FORMATION; PRIMITIVE ISLAND ARC (PIA); ZIRCONS;

DATA ACQUISITION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

TECTONICS;

CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; THOLEIITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

DATA PROCESSING; GRAIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUARTZ; ROCK; SEDIMENTS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21844475659     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25594.1     Document Type: Article

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