Tectonic implications of postcontractional magmatism of the Alisitos arc segment of the Peninsular Ranges, Baja California, Mexico

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 669-690

  Wetmore, Paul H ^a   Hughes, Scott S ^b   Stremtan, Ciprian ^a,c   Ducea, Mihai N ^d,e   Alsleben, Helge ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^f TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH; RESIDUAL PHASE; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

TECTONICS;

BATHOLITH; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; COAST RANGES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PENINSULAR RANGES;

EID: 84900563418     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.1211(21)     Document Type: Article

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