Geochemical variations in Cenozoic back-arc basalts at the border of La Pampa and Mendoza provinces, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-373

  Bertotto, Gustavo W ^a   Cingolani, Carlos A ^b   Bjerg, Ernesto A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Back arc; Basalts; Central western Argentina; Geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASALT; BASANITE; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENRICHMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PHENOCRYST; PORPHYRY; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACHYTE; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450223915     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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