Alkalic (ocean-island basalt type) and calc-alkalic volcanism in the Mexican volcanic belt: A case for plume-related magmatism and propagating rifting at an active margin?

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-54

  Márquez, Alvaro ^a   Oyarzun, Roberto ^a   Doblas, Miguel ^b   Verma, Surendra P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE MARGINS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; OCEANIC ISLAND BASALTS; PROPAGATING RIFT; SUBDUCTING SLABS; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC BELT;

VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE MARGIN; ALKALI BASALT; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 84879882979     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0051:AOIBTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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