The Quaternary Moctezuma volcanic field: A tholeiitic to alkali basaltic episode in the central Sonoran Basin and Range Province, México

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 374, Issue , 2003, Pages 439-455

  Paz Moreno, Francisco A ^a   Demant, Alain ^b   Cochemé, Jean Jacques ^b   Dostal, Jaroslav ^c   Montigny, Raymond ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Isotopes; M xico; Mineralogy; Quaternary volcanism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OCEANIC ISLAND BASALTS; QUATERNARY VOLCANISMS; THOLEIITIC MAGMATISM;

VOLCANOES;

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; THOLEIITE; THOLEIITIC BASALT; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANISM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL; SIERRA MADRE [MEXICO]; SONORA; SONORA BASIN;

EID: 84870955375     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.439     Document Type: Article

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