Volcanic history of the Conchagua Peninsula (eastern El Salvador)

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-112

  Rapprich, Vladislav ^a   Erban, Vojtěch ^a   Fárová, Kateřina ^a   Kopačková, Veronika ^a   Bellon, Hervé ^b   Hernández, Walter ^c  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Central American volcanic chain; Comayagua Graben; Conchagua Volcano; La Uni n; Volcanism; Volcanostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; IGNIMBRITE; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRACE ELEMENT; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; BASALT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRABEN; MAGMATISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANOLOGY;

COMAYAGUA; HONDURAS; CONCHAGUA VOLCANO; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LA UNION [EL SALVADOR];

EID: 77955493951     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.069     Document Type: Article

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