Isla Isabel (Nayarit, México): Quaternary alkalic basalts with mantle xenoliths erupted in the mouth of the Gulf of California

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 85-107

  Housh, Todd B ^a   Aranda Gómez, José Jorge ^b   Luhr, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Intraplate magmatism; Isla Isabel; Mantle xenoliths; Petrography

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CIPW NORMS; CLINOPYROXENES; CONTINENTAL LOCALITIES; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HARZBURGITES; HIGHER-DEGREE; HYDROVOLCANIC ERUPTION; ISLA ISABEL; LAVA FLOWS; LOW PRESSURES; LOWER PRESSURES; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MGO CONTENT; OLIVINE PHENOCRYST; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; SMALL ISLAND; TIO; VOLATILE CONTENTS;

BASALT; EUROPIUM; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIVINE; PETROGRAPHY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

VOLCANOES;

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; PETROGRAPHY; PHENOCRYST; QUATERNARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAYARIT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649483368     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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