A Paleogene extensional arc flare-up in Iran

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Verdel, Charles ^a,b   Wernicke, Brian P ^a   Hassanzadeh, Jamshid ^a   Guest, Bernard ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

ARC MAGMATISM; ARC VOLCANISM; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; ENRICHED MANTLE; FLAT SLABS; HYDROUS FLUIDS; LARAMIDE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMATISMS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; TECTONIC MODELS; VOLCANIC ARC; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL ARC; DECOMPRESSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; PALEOGENE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

ELBURZ; IRAN;

EID: 79959771588     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002809     Document Type: Article

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