La Purísima volcanic field, Baja California Sur (Mexico): Miocene to Quaternary volcanism related to subduction and opening of an asthenospheric window

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 253-272

  Bellon, Hervé ^a   Aguillón Robles, Alfredo ^b   Calmus, Thierry ^c   Maury, René C ^a   Bourgois, Jacques ^d   Cotten, Joseph ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

asthenospheric window; Baja California Sur (Mexico); K Ar ages, Late Miocene to Quaternary volcanism; magnesian andesites, tholeiites; subduction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ASTHENOSPHERIC WINDOW; MAGNESIAN ANDESITES; SUBDUCTION; THOLEIITES;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; BRECCIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAVA; MIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; LA PURISIMA VOLCANIC FIELD; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645858270     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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