Mantle xenoliths and their host magmas in the Eastern Alkaline Province, northeast Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1260-1286

  Treviño Cázares, Adalberto ^a   Ramírez Fernández, Juan Alonso ^a   Velasco Tapia, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Saadvera, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; XENOLITH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30344435632     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.12.1260     Document Type: Review

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