Alteration and remelting of nascent oceanic crust during continental rupture: Evidence from zircon geochemistry of rhyolites and xenoliths from the Salton Trough, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 260-274

  Schmitt, A K ^a   Vazquez, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

O 18 O 16; Rift zones; Salton Sea geothermal field; U 238 Th 230; zircon

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; RHYOLITES; RIFT ZONES; XENOLITHS;

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; THORIUM; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; RHYOLITE; RIFT ZONE; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751197048     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.041     Document Type: Article

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