Geochemical evolution of igneous rocks and changing magma sources during the formation and closure of the Central American land bridge of Panama

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 204, Issue , 2009, Pages 183-196

  Wörner, Gerhard ^a   Harmon, Russell S ^b   Wegner, Wencke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; IMMOBILE TRACE ELEMENTS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT PATTERNS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; LAND BRIDGE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 70350059992     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.1204(08)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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