Geochemistry and U-Pb protolith ages of eclogitic rocks of the Asís Lithodeme, Piaxtla Suite, Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Tectonothermal activity along the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-695

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Keppie, J Duncan ^b   Nance, R Damian ^c   Miller, Brent V ^d   Dostal, Jaroslav ^e   Middleton, Matt ^a   Fernandez Suárez, Javier ^f   Jeffries, Teresa E ^g   Storey, Craig D ^h  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^h OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745599074     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764905-108     Document Type: Article

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