Geochemistry of cretaceous magmatism in eastern Cuba: Recycling of North American Continental sediments and implications for subduction polarity in the Greater Antilles paleo-arc

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1813-1840

  Marchesi, Claudio ^a,b   Garrido, Carlos J ^a,b   Bosch, Delphine ^c   Proenza, Joaquín A ^d   Gervilla, Fernando ^a,b   Monié, Patrick ^c   Rodríguez Vega, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Instituto Superior Minero Metalurgico   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Eastern Cuba; Greater Antilles paleo island arc; Mantle source depletion; Nb Ta fractionation; Slab component

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BACKARC BASIN; CRETACEOUS; DIKE; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 34548624122     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm040     Document Type: Article

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