Geochemical evolution and tectonic history of Puerto Rico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 322, Issue , 1998, Pages 35-66

  Schellekens, Johannes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84871968573     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2322-1.35     Document Type: Review

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