Evolution of the late Miocene Chachahuén volcanic complex at 37°S over a transient shallow subduction zone under the Neuquén Andes

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 407, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-246

  Kay, Suzanne Mahlburg ^a   Mancilla, Oscar ^b   Copeland, Peter ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean arc magmatism; Caldera complex; Isotopes; Miocene; Neuqu n basin; Shallow subduction; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

ANDEAN SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; ARC MAGMATISM; CALDERA COMPLEX; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MIOCENE; SHALLOW SUBDUCTION;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLE; ANDESITE; CALDERA; FAULT ZONE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRENCH; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; POCHO; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 73949102650     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2407(10)     Document Type: Article

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