The nature and provenance of accreted oceanic terranes in western Ecuador: Geochemical and tectonic constraints

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 577-594

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a   Aspden, John A ^a   Tarney, John ^a   Pilatasig, Luis F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges; Basalts; Ecuador; Island arcs; Oceanic plateaux

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASALT; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; MELANGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84862765930     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764901-151     Document Type: Article

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