Petrogenesis of Central American Tertiary ignimbrites and associated Caribbean Sea tephra

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 428, Issue , 2007, Pages 151-179

  Jordan, B R ^a   Sigurdsson, H ^b   Carey, S ^b   Lundin, S ^c   Rogers, R D ^d   Singer, B ^e   Barquero Molina, M ^f  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Caribbean Sea; Central America; Ignimbrites; Petrogenesis; Slab detachment

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FELDSPAR; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ASSIMILATION; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; IGNIMBRITES; PETROGENESIS; SLAB DETACHMENT;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BASALT; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; EOCENE; IGNIMBRITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIOCENE; PETROGENESIS; PLAGIOCLASE; SANIDINE; SUBDUCTION; TEPHRA; TERTIARY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; HONDURAS; NICARAGUA;

EID: 75749111759     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2428(07)     Document Type: Article

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