Generation of tonalitic and dioritic magmas by coupled partial melting of gabbroic and metasedimentary rocks within the deep crust of the Famatinian magmatic arc, Argentina

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 841-873

  Otamendi, Juan E ^a   Ducea, Mihai N ^b   Tibaldi, Alina M ^a   Bergantz, George W ^c   de la Rosa, Jesús D ^d   Vujovich, Graciela I ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Active continental margin; Famatinian arc; Magma genesis; Partial melts; Plutonic rocks

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIORITE; EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; ISLAND ARC; LEUCOGRANITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE SOURCE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE FAMATINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67449103901     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp022     Document Type: Article

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