Pleistocene mafic volcanoes in the Puna-Cordillera Oriental boundary, NW-Argentina

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-69

  Guzman S R ^a   Petrinovic, I A ^a   Brod, J A ^b  

^a Museo de Ciencias Naturales Salta   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATA; Central Andes; El Saladillo; Los Gemelos; shoshonite

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED FAULTS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; MAFIC VOLCANOES; STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENT; TRANSPRESSION ZONE PARALLEL; TURBULENT ASCENT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [ANDES]; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749870477     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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