Geology and geochemistry of Pelagatos, Cerro del Agua, and Dos Cerros monogenetic volcanoes in the Sierra Chichinautzin Volcanic Field, south of México City

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 143-162

  Agustín Flores, Javier ^a   Siebe, Claus ^a   Guilbaud, Marie Noëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Andesite; Basaltic andesite; Mexican Volcanic Belt; Monogenetic; Scoria cone; Sierra Chichinautzin; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALTIC ANDESITE; MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; MONOGENETIC; SCORIA CONE; SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN; SR-ND-PB-ISOTOPES;

BASALT; CHROMIUM; CONES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; OLIVINE; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CINDER CONE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAVA FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN VOLCANIC FIELD; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 79953063881     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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