Insights into the tectonomagmatic evolution of NW Mexico: Geochronology and geochemistry of the Miocene volcanic rocks from the Pinacate area, Sonora

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 691-708

  Vidal Solano, Jesús Roberto ^a,b   Demant, Alain ^b   Paz Moreno, Francisco A ^a   Lapierre, Henriette ^c   Ortega Rivera, María Amabel ^d   Lee, James K W ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Isotopes; Mexico; Petrology; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MAGMATISM; MEXICO; MIOCENE; PETROLOGY; TECTONOMAGMATIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALKALI BASALT; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; PERALKALINE ROCK; PETROLOGY; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 49749146760     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26053.1     Document Type: Article

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