Geology, ore deposits and hydrothermal venting in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Island Arc

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-25

  Camprubí, Antoni ^a,b   Canet, Carles ^b   Rodríguez Díaz, Augusto A ^b   Prol Ledesma, Rosa M ^b   Blanco Florido, David ^b   Villanueva, Ruth E ^b   López Sánchez, Abigail ^b  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; Gulf of California; Manganese; Shallow submarine vents; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGANESE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OCEAN BASIN; OLIGOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649114042     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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