Crustal growth by magmatic overplating in the Galápos

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-514

  Lyons, John ^a   Geist, Dennis ^b   Harpp, Karen ^c   Diefenbach, Bridget ^b   Olin, Paul ^d   Vervoort, Jeff ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Gal pos islands; Igneous petrology; Trace elements; Underplating; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENES; LAVAS; MAGMATIC OVERPLATING; XENOLITHS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

PETROLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

ECUADOR; FLOREANA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250878961     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23044A.1     Document Type: Article

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