Permian-Carboniferous arc magmatism and basin evolution along the western margin of Pangea: Geochemical and geochronological evidence from the eastern Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1607-1628

  Kirsch, Moritz ^a   Keppie, J Duncan ^b   Murphy, J Brendan ^c   Solari, Luigi A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMATISM; BASIN EVOLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GUATEMALA; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; LATE PALEOZOIC; ME-XICO; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PERMIAN; STUDY AREAS; U-PB ZIRCON;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; METALS; NEODYMIUM; ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIORITE; GABBRO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMARIUM; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ACATLAN COMPLEX; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84867338476     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30649.1     Document Type: Article

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