Origin of Tertiary to Recent EM- and subduction-like chemical and isotopic signatures in Auca Mahuida region (37°-38°S) and other Patagonian plateau lavas

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-192

  Kay, Suzanne Mahlburg ^a   Jones, Helen A ^a   Kay, Robert W ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean Southern Volcanic Zone backarc; Auca Mahuida volcanic center; EM like continental and oceanic basalts; Patagonia plateau lavas; Trace element and isotope geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PLIOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERTIARY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ANDES; PATAGONIA; SAINT HELENA; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

EID: 84879259932     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-013-0870-9     Document Type: Article

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