Silicic ignimbrites within the Costa Rican volcanic front: Evidence for the formation of continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 149-159

  Vogel, Thomas A ^a   Patino, Lina C ^a   Alvarado, Guillermo E ^b   Gans, Phillip B ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Continental crust growth; Costa Rica; Mature island arcs; Silic magmas; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; IGNIMBRITE; ISLAND ARC; SILICATE MELT; VOLCANISM;

COSTA RICAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4544328747     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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