Temporal control of subduction magmatism in the eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Mantle sources, slab contributions, and crustal contamination

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Arturo, Gómez Tuena ^a   LaGatta, Alexandra B ^b   Langmuir, Charles H ^c   Goldstein, Steven L ^a   Fernando, Ortega Gutiérrez ^d   Carrasco Núñez, Gerardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mantle wedge; Sediment melt; Slab melt; Subduction zone magmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449201631     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000524     Document Type: Article

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