On the nature and role of the lower crust in the volcanic front of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and its fore-arc region, southern and central Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 346-364

  Ortega Gutiérrez, Fernando ^a   Elías Herrera, Mariano ^a   Dávalos Elizondo, María Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lower crust; Southern Mexico; Subduction factory; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149112923     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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