Geochemistry of the Coastal Sonora batholith, Northwestern Mexico

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 819-831

  Valencia Moreno, M ^a   Ruiz, J ^b   Ochoa Landin, L ^c   Martinez Serrano R ^a   Vargas Navarro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; MELTING; ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BATHOLITH RANGES; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MAGMATISM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BATHOLITH; CHONDRITE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; JURASSIC; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 33748679887     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-020     Document Type: Article

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