Miocene magmatism and tectonics of the easternmost sector of the Calama-Olacapato-El Toro fault system in Central Andes at ∼24°S: Insights into the evolution of the Eastern Cordillera

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1493-1517

  Mazzuoli, R ^a   Vezzoli, L ^b   Omarini, R ^c   Acocella, V ^d   Gioncada, A ^a   Matteini, M ^e   Dini, A ^f   Guillou, H ^g   Hauser, N ^c   Uttini, A ^b   Scaillet, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Backarc magmatism; Central Andes; Eastern Cordillera; Geochronology; Structural geology; Volcanic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BACKARC MAGMATISM; BASALTIC ANDESITE; CENTRAL ANDES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EASTERN CORDILLERA; ENERGY-CONSTRAINED; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMA COMPOSITION; MAGMA SOURCES; MAGMATIC COMPLEXES; MAGMATIC ROCK; MAGMATISMS; MIOCENE; MONZOGRANITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; PARAFFIN WAXES; ROCKS; RUBIDIUM; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949121740     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26109.1     Document Type: Article

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