Batholiths as markers of tectonic change in the northeastern Caribbean

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 322, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-122

  Smith, Alan L ^a   Schellekens, Johannes H ^a   Muriel Díaz, Amalys Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CRETACEOUS AGE; GEOCHEMICAL AFFINITY; GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION; PLUTONIC ROCKS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC CHANGES; TECTONIC SETTINGS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; DIORITE; DISPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MONZONITE; PLUTON; QUARTZ; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; PUERTO RICO; SAINT CROIX; SAINT MARTIN; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

EID: 84871956507     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2322-1.99     Document Type: Article

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