Origin of the modern Chiapanecan Volcanic arc in southern México inferred from thermal models

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 412, Issue 412, 2006, Pages 27-38

  Manea, Vlad C ^a   Manea, Marina ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline volcanism; Chiapanecan volcanic arc; Fl at subduction; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ALKALINE VOLCANISM; FL AT SUBDUCTION; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCHES; SPACE-TIME EVOLUTION; TEHUANTEPEC RIDGE; THERMAL MODEL; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; VOLCANIC ARC;

VOLCANOES;

DEHYDRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE; MELTING; MIOCENE; P-T CONDITIONS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57549119079     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2412(02)     Document Type: Article

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