Timing and evolution of cretaceous island arc magmatism in central Cuba: Implications for the history of arc systems in the northwestern Caribbean

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-640

  Roias Agiamonte, Y ^a,b   Kroner A ^a,b   Garcia Casco, A ^c   Somin, M ^d   Iturralde Vinent, M ^e,f   Mattinson, J M ^g   Millan Trujillo G ^h   Sukar, K ^h   Perez Rodriguez M ^e,f   Carrasquilla, S ^c   Wingate, M T D ⁱ   Liu, D Y ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^e Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICO JOSÉ ANTONIO ECHEVERRÍA   (Cuba)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Instituto de Geologia y Paleontologia La Habana   (Cuba)

ⁱ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA;

EID: 80054096577     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662033     Document Type: Article

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