Perils of petrotectonic modeling: A view from southern Sonora, Mexico

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Till, Christy B ^a   Gans, Phillip B ^a   Spera, Frank J ^a   MacMillan, Ian ^a   Blair, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; oblique extension; petrotectonic models; pre eruptive water content; Sonora, Mexico; subduction

Indexed keywords

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; PETROTECTONIC MODELS; PRE-ERUPTIVE WATER CONTENT; SONORA, MEXICO; SUBDUCTION;

CAVITY RESONATORS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

WATER CONTENT;

CONTINENTAL ARC; LAVA FLOW; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SONORA;

EID: 69649102231     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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