Evaluation of recent tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams and their application to the origin of basic magmas in southern mexico and central america

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1501-1525

  Verma, Surendra P ^a   Verma, Sanjeet K ^a   Pandarinath, Kailasa ^a   Rivera Gómez, María Abdelaly ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Los tuxtlas volcanic field; Mexican volcanic belt; Mexico; Rifting; Subduction; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ME-XICO; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTINGS; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC FIELD;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

CONTINENTAL ARC; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 79955895023     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0173-2     Document Type: Article

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