Geochemistry and petrology of the most recent deposits from Cotopaxi Volcano, Northern Volcanic Zone, Ecuador

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1641-1678

  Garrison, Jennifer M ^a   Davidson, Jon P ^b   Hall, Minard ^c   Mothes, Patricia ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Igneous petrology; Lower crustal melting; Rhyolite; Subduction; U series isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ANDESITE; BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

COTOPAXI VOLCANO; ECUADOR;

EID: 80052252169     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr023     Document Type: Article

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