Physical and chemical evolution of San Miguel volcano, El Salvador

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 375, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-226

  Chesner, Craig A ^a   Pullinger, Carlos R ^b   Escobar, C Demetrio ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Edificio Torre El Salvador   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Historic activity; Mafic lavas; Summit crater

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

BLOCK-AND-ASH FLOW DEPOSITS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MAFIC LAVAS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; SUMMIT CRATER;

VOLCANOES;

CRATER; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN MIGUEL; SAN MIGUEL VOLCANO;

EID: 84870847641     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2375-2.213     Document Type: Article

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