The alpine-type Tinaquillo peridotite complex, Venezuela: Fragment of a Jurassic rift zone?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 394, Issue , 2005, Pages 207-222

  Ostos, Marino ^a,b   Ave Lallemant H G ^c   Sisson, V B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Estudios de Ingenieria Geologica Litos CA   (Venezuela)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean tectonics; Granulite; Jurassic continental rifting; Olivine fabrics; Peridotite mylonite

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARIBBEAN TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; GRANULITE; MYLONITES; OLIVINE FABRIC;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BELT; DIAPIR; DIVERGENCE; GABBRO; JURASSIC; MANTLE; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; TERTIARY;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84875001049     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2394-9.207     Document Type: Article

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