The Early Andean Magmatic Province (EAMP): 40Ar/39Ar dating on Mesozoic volcanic and plutonic rocks from the Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-330

  Oliveros, Verónica ^a   Féraud, Gilbert ^b   Aguirre, Luis ^a   Fornari, Michel ^b   Morata, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Andes; dating; subduction; volcanism

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CHILE; GEODYNAMIC EPISODES; LAVA FLOWS; PLUTONIC ROCKS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLE; ANDEAN OROGENY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; MESOZOIC; PLAGIOCLASE; PLUTONIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748425573     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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