Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of basaltic flows of the Cat Hills, Cat Mesa, Wind Mesa, Cerro Verde, and Mesita Negra, central New Mexico

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1251-1268

  Maldonado, Florian ^a   Budahn, James R ^a   Peters, Lisa ^b   Unruh, Daniel M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BASALTIC FLOWS; CRUSTAL COMPONENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LAVAS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASALT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA; MANTLE CHEMISTRY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846212780     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-018     Document Type: Article

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