Tectonomagmatic origin of Precambrian rocks of Mexico and Argentina inferred from multi-dimensional discriminant-function based discrimination diagrams

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 468-484

  Pandarinath, Kailasa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arc; Collision; Rifting; Tectonic setting; Tectonomagmatic diagrams; Within plate

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARGENTINA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 84910071673     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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