Eleven million years of arc volcanism at the Aucanquilcha Volcanic Cluster, northern Chilean Andes: Implications for the life span and emplacement of plutons

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-436

  Grunder, Anita L ^a   Klemetti, Erik W ^a   Mckee, Claire M ^a   Feeley, Todd C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon geochronology; batholith; Chile; eruption rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953581164     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001541     Document Type: Article

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