An integrative geologic, geochronologic and geochemical study of Gorgona Island, Colombia: Implications for the formation of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 324-336

  Serrano, Lina ^a   Ferrari, Luca ^a   Martínez, Margarita López ^b   Petrone, Chiara Maria ^c   Jaramillo, Carlos ^d  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Caribbean Large Igneous Province; Galapagos hotspot; Geochronology; Gorgona Island; Slab window

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GORGONA ISLAND; HIGHER-DEGREE; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE WEDGE; MELT EXTRACTION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOCENE; SLAB WINDOW; SLAB WINDOWS; SMALL AREA; SPREADING RIDGE; TIME SPAN;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MELTING;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; KOMATIITE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; PALEOCENE; PICRITE; SLAB; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

COLOMBIA; GORGONA ISLAND; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

EID: 80052784817     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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