The Cinotepeque Range of central El Salvador: Geology, magma origin, and volcanism

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-286

  Rapprich, Vladislav ^a,b   Hradecký, Petr ^a  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Back arc volcanism; Cinotepeque Range; El Salvador; Rana ignimbrite; Volcanostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA; MELTING; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33745153059     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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