Fault controlled Carboniferous A-type magmatism in the proto-Andean foreland (Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina): Geochemical constraints and petrogenesis

Lithos

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 65-81

  Dahlquist, Juan A ^a,b   Alasino, Pablo H ^b,c   Eby, G Nelson ^d   Galindo, Carmen ^e   Casquet, César ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNLaR   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

A type magmatism; Biotite chemistry; Early Carboniferous; Geochemistry; Shear zones; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; BIOTITE; CARBONIFEROUS; FAULT; FORELAND BASIN; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 76549097366     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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