Composition and structural control of crustal domains in the central Andes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mamani, Mirian ^a   Tassara, Andrés ^b   Wörner, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Crustal domains; Density structure; Felsic; Isotopic composition; Mafic

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849149601     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001925     Document Type: Article

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