Tectonic evolution of the central-eastern sector of Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt and its influence on the eruptive history of the Nevado de Toluca volcano (Mexico)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Bellotti, F ^a   Capra, L ^b   Groppelli, G ^c   Norini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lerma basin; morphostructural analysis; Nevado de Toluca volcano; tectonic evolution; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

MORPHOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; NEVADO DE TOLUCA VOLCANO; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANS MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC EDIFICES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; STRATOVOLCANO; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANOLOGY;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADO DE TOLUCA; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

TOLUCA;

EID: 33750079261     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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