Petrology of the Luingo caldera (SE margin of the Puna plateau): A middle Miocene window of the arc-back arc configuration

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 171-191

  Guzman S ^a   Petrinovic, I A ^b   Brod, J A ^c   Hongn, F D ^a   Seggiaro, R E ^a   Montero, C ^a,d   Carniel, R ^e   Dantas, E L ^f   Sudo, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Crustal thickness; Luingo caldera; Miocene volcanism; Southern Central Volcanic Zone

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANDES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LUINGO CALDERA; MIOCENE; SOUTHERN CENTRAL VOLCANIC ZONE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CALDERA; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ANDES; PUNA;

EID: 79951722675     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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