Geochemical evidence for island-arc origin of the Villa de Cura blueschist belt, Venezuela

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 394, Issue , 2005, Pages 223-249

  Unger, Layla M ^a   Sisson, Virginia B ^b   Avé Lallemant, Hans G ^b  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc sliver; Geochemistry; Island arc tholeiite; Metabasalt; Villa de Cura Group

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIA; RARE EARTHS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FOREARC; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; IMMOBILE TRACE ELEMENTS; ISLAND-ARC THOLEIITE; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; METABASALT; VILLA DE CURA GROUP;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

BLUESCHIST; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; METABASALT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TERRANE; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BONAIRE; CUBA; HISPANIOLA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; PUERTO RICO; TOBAGO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

CURA;

EID: 84874950894     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2394-9.223     Document Type: Article

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