Viscous dissipation, slab melting, and post-subduction volcanism in south-central Baja California, Mexico

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1714-1728

  Negrete Aranda, Raquel ^a,d   Contreras, Juan ^b   Spelz, Ronald M ^c  

^a Ctro Invest Cie/Educacion SEE   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigación Científi ca y de Educación Superior de Ensenada   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BASALT; MELTING; NIOBIUM; VOLCANOES;

VISCOUS FLOW;

ADAKITE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSIPATION; LAVA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MELTING; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CRUST; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84889641744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00901.1     Document Type: Article

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