Effects of prolonged flat subduction on the Miocene magmatic record of the central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Chemical Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 452-473

  Mori, Laura ^a   Gómez Tuena, Arturo ^a   Cai, Yue ^b   Goldstein, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Adakite; Arc; Crust; Mantle; Mexico; Slab melting

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DACITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; MIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOVOLCANO; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 34548533921     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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