Geology of Xitle volcano in southern Mexico City - A 2000-year-old monogenetic volcano in an urban area

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-131

  Delgado, Hugo ^a   Molinero, Ricardo ^b   Cervantes, Pablo ^c   Nieto Obregón, Jorge ^a   Cruz, Rufino Lozano Santa ^a   Madas González, Héctor L ^a   Mendoza Rosales, Claudia ^a   Silva Romo, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mexico city; Volcanism; Xitle volcano

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249125062     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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