The Plutón Diorítico Moat: Mildly alkaline monzonitic magmatism in the Fuegian Andes of Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-359

  Gonzalez Guillot M ^a   Escayola, M ^a   Acevedo, R ^a   Pimentel, M ^b   Seraphim, G ^b   Proenza, J ^c   Schalamuk, I ^d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Fuegian Andes; Monzonitic magmatism

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LITHOLOGY; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MONZONITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SCHOEPFIA ARENARIA;

EID: 70450224257     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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