Testing of the recently developed tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams from hydrothermally altered igneous rocks of 7 geothermal fields

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 412-426

  Pandarinath, Kailasa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arc; Collision; Discrimination diagrams; Geochemistry; Igneous rocks; Rifting; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFAR; AHUACHAPAN; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BERLIN; CERRO PRIETO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; EASTERN VISAYAS; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; ETHIOPIA; GERMANY; ICELAND; ITALY; LAZIO; LEYTE [(ISL) VISAYAS]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PHILIPPINES; REYKJANES PENINSULA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TENDAHO GRABEN; TONGONAN GEOTHERMAL FIELD; VISAYAS;

EID: 84902346389     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1401-27     Document Type: Article

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