The contribution of the young Cretaceous Caribbean Oceanic Plateau to the genesis of late Cretaceous arc magmatism in the Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-368

  Allibon, J ^a,b   Monjoie, P ^b   Lapierre, H ^e   Jaillard, E ^b,c   Bussy, F ^a   Bosch, D ^d   Senebier, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cretaceous island arcs; Ecuador; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Modelling; Oceanic plateau

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EMPLACEMENT; ENRICHMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIXING; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANDES; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [ANDES]; ECUADOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349150398     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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