Temporal evolution of magmatism in the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes: The geology and petrology of cayambe volcanic complex (Ecuador)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2225-2252

  Samaniego, Pablo ^a,b,c   Martin, Hervé ^b   Monzier, Michel ^c   Robin, Claude ^c   Fornari, Michel ^d   Eissen, Jean Philippe ^c   Cotten, Joseph ^e  

^a ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Andes; Cayambe volcano; Dakites; Ecuador; Mantle metasomatism

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744486602     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi053     Document Type: Article

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