Ordovician-earliest Silurian rift tholeiites in the Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Evidence of rifting on the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean

Tectonophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 130-156

  Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Dostal, Jaroslav ^b   Miller, Brent V ^c   Ramos Arias, M A ^a   Morales Gámez, Miguel ^a   Nance, R Damian ^d   Murphy, J Brendan ^e   Ortega Rivera, Amabel ^a   Lee, J W K ^g   Housh, T ^f   Cooper, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acatl n Complex; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Mexico; Ordovician; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DEHYDRATION MELTING; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE;

ACATLAN COMPLEX; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 55549147019     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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