Late Cenozoic intraplate-type volcanism in central and northern México: A review

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 422, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-128

  Aranda Gómez, José Jorge ^a,d   Luhr, James F ^b   Housh, Todd B ^c   Valdez Moreno, Gabriel ^d   Chávez Cabello, Gabriel ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alkalic volcanic rocks; Basin and Range; Extension; Peridotite xenoliths.

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CENOZOIC; FAULTING; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; OLIGOCENE; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; QUATERNARY; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; SOCORRO [NEW MEXICO]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; UNITED STATES;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 75749101493     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2422(04)     Document Type: Review

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