Petrology, magnetostratigraphy and geochronology of the Miocene volcaniclastic Tepoztlán Formation: Implications for the initiation of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt (Central Mexico)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 817-832

  Lenhardt, Nils ^a,d   Böhnel, Harald ^b   Wemmer, Klaus ^c   Torres Alvarado, Ignacio S ^b   Hornung, Jens ^a   Hinderer, Matthias ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central Mexico; K Ar Geochronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Miocene; Tepoztl n Formation; Transmexican Volcanic Belt; Volcaniclastics

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 77956175080     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0361-z     Document Type: Article

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