The Granada ignimbrite: A compound pyroclastic unit and its relationship with Upper Miocene caldera volcanism in the northern Puna

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-484

  Caffe, P J ^a   Soler, M M ^a   Coira, B L ^a   Onoe, A T ^b   Cordani, U G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caldera volcanism; Central Andean plateau; Compound ignimbrite; Granada ignimbrite; Northern Puna; Upper Miocene; Vilama caldera

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; IGNIMBRITE; MIOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44149110071     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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