CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: 208th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Washington, DC, United States. Aug. 21-25, 1994.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Africa-; amber-; biochemistry-; biogeochemical-methods; C-13; carbon-; Caribbean-region; Central-Africa; Colombia-; Congo-; East-Africa; Europe-; fossils-; geochemical-methods; geochemistry-; infrared-spectroscopy; isotopes-; Kenya-; methods-; Mexico-; NMR-spectra; North-America; nuclear-magnetic-resonance; organic-minerals; Pacific-region; resins-; samples-; South-America; spectra-; spectroscopy-; stable-isotopes; Tanzania-
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 02A-General-geochemistry
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
IL - ILLUSTRATION: Refs: 12; illus.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 0097-6156
CO - CODEN: ACSMC8
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1998-053884
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199820
Registro 4882 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Amino acids in the amber matrix and in entombed insects.
AU - AUTHORS: Wang-Xueyun-S; Poinar-Hendrik-N; Poinar-George-O Jr.; Bada-Jeffrey-L
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: Amber, resinite, and fossil resins.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Anderson-Ken-B (editor); Crelling-John-C (editor)
SO - SOURCE: ACS Symposium Series. 617; Pages 255-262. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: American Chemical Society. Washington, DC, United States. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: 208th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Washington, DC, United States. Aug. 21-25, 1994.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Africa-; amber-; amino-acids; Antilles-; Arthropoda-; Asia-; Australasia-; Baltic-region; biogeochemical-methods; Caribbean-region; chemical-analysis; chemical-composition; Colombia-; composition-; data-; DNA-; Dominican-Republic; East-Africa; Europe-; evaporation-; experimental-studies; fossils-; geochemical-methods; geochemistry-; Greater-Antilles; heating-; Hispaniola-; hydrolysis-; inclusions-; Insecta-; Invertebrata-; Lebanon-; liquid-chromatography; Mandibulata-; matrix-; methods-; microorganisms-; Middle-East; molecular-biology; New-Zealand; organic-acids; organic-compounds; organic-minerals; resins-; South-America; temperature-; West-Indies
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 02A-General-geochemistry
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
IL - ILLUSTRATION: Refs: 30; illus. incl. 2 tables.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 0097-6156
CO - CODEN: ACSMC8
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1998-053888
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199820
Registro 4883 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Tephrostratigraphy.
AU - AUTHORS: Juvigne-E
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: Geographical research in Belgium.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Denis-Jacques (editor)
SO - SOURCE: Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Etudes Geographiques. 64; 2, Pages 79-81. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: Societe Belge d'Etudes Geographiques. Louvain, Belgium. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: Belgium
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Belgium-; Cenozoic-; Central-Europe; Central-Massif; Colombia-; Eifel-; Eltville-Tephra; Europe-; France-; Germany-; igneous-rocks; Laacher-See-Tephra; Neogene-; pyroclastics-; Quaternary-; Remouchamps-Tephra; research-; Rhineland-Palatinate-Germany; Rocourt-Tephra; South-America; stratigraphy-; tephrochronology-; Tertiary-; volcanic-rocks; Western-Europe
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 12-Stratigraphy
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 0037-8925
CO - CODEN: BSEGA7
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-007886
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199904
Registro 4884 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Light hydrocarbons in hydrothermal and magmatic fumaroles; hints of catalytic and thermal reactions.
AU - AUTHORS: Capaccioni-B; Martini-M; Mangani-F
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Univ. Urbino, Inst. Volcan. Geochem., Urbino, Italy
SO - SOURCE: Bulletin of Volcanology. 56; 8, Pages 593-600. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: Springer International [for the] International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). Heidelberg, International. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: International
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: aliphatic-hydrocarbons; alkanes-; Andes-; aromatic-hydrocarbons; Asia-; Atlantic-Ocean-Islands; Azores-; benzene-; Campania-Italy; catalysis-; Central-America; Chiapas-Mexico; Colombia-; Commonwealth-of-Independent-States; Costa-Rica; El-Chichon; Europe-; fumaroles-; Galeras-; gases-; Graciosa-Island; halogens-; hydrocarbons-; Iberian-Peninsula; Irazu-; Italy-; Kamchatka-Peninsula; Lipari-Islands; methane-; Mexico-; organic-compounds; oxides-; Phlegraean-Fields; Poas-; Portugal-; Purace-; Russian-Federation; Russian-Pacific-region; San-Miguel-Island; Sicily-Italy; South-America; Southern-Europe; temperature-; Terceira-Island; thermodynamic-properties; Toluol-; trace-elements; Uzon-; volcanoes-; Vulcano-
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 02C-Geochemistry-of-rocks,-soils,-and-sediments; 05A-Igneous-and-metamorphic-petrology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
IL - ILLUSTRATION: Refs: 21; 3 tables, 20 anals.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute. Reference includes data from Geoline, Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hanover, Germany
IS - ISSN: 0258-8900
CO - CODEN: BUVOEW
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-010611
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199905
Registro 4885 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: The lithosphere of the Andean region; thermal structure and rheologic heterogeneity.
AU - AUTHORS: Munoz-M
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Geofisica, Santiago, Chile
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly; abstracts.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Anonymous
SO - SOURCE: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, General Assembly. 21, Week A; Pages 445. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: [publisher varies]. [location varies], International. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: International
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly. Boulder, CO, United States. July 2-14, 1995.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: accuracy-; Andes-; Argentina-; Bolivia-; Chile-; Colombia-; crust-; Ecuador-; extension-tectonics; heat-flow; heterogeneity-; lithosphere-; lower-crust; mantle-; models-; Peru-; prediction-; rheology-; South-America; tectonics-; upper-mantle
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 18-Solid-earth-geophysics
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract; Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
CO - CODEN: IGABAX
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-010999
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199905
Registro 4886 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Time-dependent moment tensor inversion of broadband body waves; mapping the seismic source complexity.
AU - AUTHORS: Wu-J; Wallace-T-C
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: AGU 1995 fall meeting.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Anonymous
SO - SOURCE: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 76; 46, Suppl., Pages 408. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: American Geophysical Union. Washington, DC, United States. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: American Geophysical Union, 1995 fall meeting. San Francisco, CA, United States. Dec. 11-15, 1995.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: applications-; body-waves; Colombia-; Colombia-earthquake-1992; earthquakes-; elastic-waves; inverse-problem; seismic-moment; seismic-waves; South-America
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 19-Seismology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract; Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 0096-3941
CO - CODEN: EOSTAJ
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-017660
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199907
Registro 4887 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Dr. Williams vs. the volcano.
AU - AUTHORS: Pendick-Daniel
SO - SOURCE: Earth (Waukesha, Wis.). 4; 4, Pages 34-41. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: Kalmbach Pub.. Waukesha, WI, United States. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Andes-; Colombia-; earthquakes-; eruptions-; Galeras-; monitoring-; popular-geology; research-; South-America; tornillos-; volcanic-earthquakes; volcanoes-; volcanology-; Williams,-Stanley
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 24-Quaternary-geology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
MC - MAP COORDINATES: LAT: N011300; N011300; LONG: W0772200; W0772200.
IL - ILLUSTRATION: illus. incl. sketch map.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 1056-148X
CO - CODEN: #03223
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-017825
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199907
Registro 4888 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
BK - BOOK TITLE: Foraminifera sensing of paleoceanographic changes across the Cenomanian-Turonian (C-T) boundary interval in Colombia and Pueblo, Colorado.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Arango-Claudia
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
DG - DEGREE GRANTED: Master's
DI - DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTION: University of Colorado. Boulder, CO, United States. Pages: 159. 1995.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
AB - ABSTRACT: Events that occurred during deposition of the Cenomanian-Turonian (C-T) boundary interval strongly impacted the composition and structure of planktic foraminiferal assemblages. The C-T boundary interval in Colombian and Pueblo sections can each be divided into at least three distinct planktic foraminifera assemblage groups on the basis of relative abundance, diversity, and numerical dominance relationships between species. The stratigraphic distribution of these groups correlates with the delta (super 13) C excursion record of the gradual establishment of the oceanic anoxic event, its intense phase, and its gradual dissipation. Early Late Cenomanian assemblages suggest a population in equilibrium in a relatively stable oceanic paleoenvironment, where species of several morphotypes and several habitats within the water column were partitioning resources. The recovery of benthic foraminifers indicates somewhat higher oxygen levels in comparison with the upper-Upper Cenomanian interval where only benthic foraminifers tolerant to low-oxygen conditions were found. During the mid Late Cenomanian, with the establishment of the oceanic anoxic event, the oxygen-minimum zone may have moved upward in the water-column causing the extinction of deep-water Rotalipora and then the disappearance of intermediate-water Praeglobotruncana, thus changing the planktic assemblage. The extinction of 4/15 species of planktic foraminifera is registered during this time. During the uppermost Cenomanian, at the intense phase of the OAE (highest values of delta (super 13) C), diversity of planktic foraminifera decreases and assemblages were dominated by shallow-dwelling Heterohelix. Heterohelicidae started to diversify, increase in size and change in shape in specimens of Heterohelix moremani led to a defined and persistent new species, Heterohelix globulosa. The first common occurrence of Heterohelix globulosa can be used to identify the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary. The Early Turonian recovery of planktic foraminifer diversity indicates dissipation of the OAE with the waning and contraction of the oxygen-minimum zone.
DE - DESCRIPTORS: assemblages-; C-13-C-12; carbon-; Cenomanian-; Colombia-; Colorado-; Cretaceous-; Foraminifera-; Invertebrata-; isotope-ratios; isotopes-; lower-Turonian; Mesozoic-; paleo-oceanography; Protista-; Pueblo-Colorado; Pueblo-County-Colorado; South-America; species-diversity; stable-isotopes; stratigraphic-boundary; Turonian-; United-States; upper-Cenomanian; Upper-Cretaceous
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 12-Stratigraphy
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Thesis-or-Dissertation
BL - BIB LEVEL: Monograph
IL - ILLUSTRATION: Refs: 121; illus. incl. 8 plates.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-028388
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199910
Registro 4889 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Dynamic melting produces heterogeneities in the plume source of Gorgona Komatiites.
AU - AUTHORS: Arndt-N-T; Kerr-A; Tarney-J; Saunders-A; Marriner-G; Cheadle-M-J
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Universite de Rennes, Geosciences, Rennes, France
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly; abstracts.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Anonymous
SO - SOURCE: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, General Assembly. 21, Week A; Pages 465. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: [publisher varies]. [location varies], International. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: International
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly. Boulder, CO, United States. July 2-14, 1995.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Colombia-; Cretaceous-; depth-; Gorgona-Island; heterogeneity-; igneous-rocks; komatiite-; magmas-; magmatic-differentiation; major-elements; mantle-; mantle-plumes; melting-; Mesozoic-; plutonic-rocks; South-America; theoretical-models; trace-elements; ultramafics-
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 05A-Igneous-and-metamorphic-petrology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract; Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
CO - CODEN: IGABAX
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-035937
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199913
Registro 4890 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: The interior of an oceanic plateau; evidence from the obducted mafic and ultramafic sequences in western Colombia.
AU - AUTHORS: Kerr-A-C; Tarney-J; Saunders-A-D; Marriner-G-F; Nivia-A; Arndt-N-T
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: University of Leicester, Department of Geology, Leicester, United Kingdom
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly; abstracts.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Anonymous
SO - SOURCE: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, General Assembly. 21, Week A; Pages 465. 1995.
PB - PUBLISHER: [publisher varies]. [location varies], International. 1995.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: International
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1995
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; XXI general assembly. Boulder, CO, United States. July 2-14, 1995.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: basalt-flows; basalts-; chemical-ratios; Colombia-; Cretaceous-; crust-; dunite-; East-Pacific-Ocean-Islands; Europe-; Galapagos-Islands; Iceland-; igneous-rocks; magma-chambers; magmas-; mantle-; mantle-plumes; Mesozoic-; mid-ocean-ridge-basalts; mid-ocean-ridges; obduction-; ocean-floors; oceanic-crust; Ontong-Java-Plateau; Pacific-Ocean; peridotites-; plate-tectonics; plateaus-; plutonic-rocks; South-America; ultramafics-; volcanic-rocks; West-Pacific; Western-Europe
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 18-Solid-earth-geophysics; 05A-Igneous-and-metamorphic-petrology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract; Serial; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
CO - CODEN: IGABAX
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999-035939
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199913
Registro 4891 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Clast orientations of the 1985 lahars of the Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia and implications for depositional processes.
AU - AUTHORS: Kohlbeck-F; Mojica-J; Scheidegger-A-E
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Technical University of Vienna, Section of Geophysics, Vienna, Austria
SO - SOURCE: Sedimentary Geology. 88; 3-4, Pages 175-183. 1994.
PB - PUBLISHER: Elsevier. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1994.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: Netherlands
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
LA - LANGUAGE: English
AB - ABSTRACT: The eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) on 13 November 1985 produced lahar flows, resulting in extensive deposits. The imbrications of flat clasts within the deposits as well as the orientations of large boulders resting on the surface of these deposits were measured. The imbrications of the long (A) axes of the small clasts were found to dip 25 degrees upstream against the lahar-flow direction (with a dispersion of 30 degrees ) indicating transport of such clasts by normal stream flow. Contrary to this, the boulders (mostly on the surface of the deposits) are aligned with their long (A) axes normally to the lahar flow, indicating rolling on the surface. Both orienting mechanisms occurred in runoff pulses subsequent to the main event which produced only unordered deposits "en masse". Thus, the genesis of the emplacement of the lahar deposits in question has been mechanically explained.
DE - DESCRIPTORS: boulders-; clastic-sediments; Colombia-; debris-flows; imbrication-; lahars-; mass-movements; Nevado-del-Ruiz; planar-bedding-structures; processes-; sedimentary-structures; sedimentation-; sediments-; South-America
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 06A-Sedimentary-petrology
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Serial
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
MC - MAP COORDINATES: LAT: S005000; S005000; LONG: W0745200; W0745200.
IL - ILLUSTRATION: Refs: 18; illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch maps.
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute. Reference includes data from CAPCAS, Elsevier Scientific Publishers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
IS - ISSN: 0037-0738
CO - CODEN: SEGEBX
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1994-013983
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199406
Registro 4892 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: Trends in mineral exploration in Latin America.
AU - AUTHORS: Silver-Douglas-B
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Balfour Holdings, Littleton, CO, United States
BK - BOOK TITLE: In: USGS research on mineral resources, 1994; Part A, Program and abstracts.
BA - BOOK AUTHORS: Carter-L-M-H (editor); Toth-M-I (editor); Day-W-C (editor)
SO - SOURCE: U. S. Geological Survey Circular. Pages 95-96. 1994.
PB - PUBLISHER: U. S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA, United States. 1994.
RP - RESEARCH PROGRAM: USGS (Publications of the U. S. Geological Survey)
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United-States
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
CN - CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Ninth V. E. McKelvey forum on mineral and energy resources. Tucson, AZ, United States. Feb. 22-25, 1993.
LA - LANGUAGE: English
DE - DESCRIPTORS: Argentina-; Bolivia-; Caribbean-region; Central-America; Chile-; Colombia-; international-cooperation; Latin-America; metal-ores; Mexico-; mineral-exploration; Peru-; South-America; USGS-; Venezuela-
CC - CATEGORY CODES: 27A-Economic-geology,-geology-of-ore-deposits
DT - DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract; Serial; Report; Conference-Document
BL - BIB LEVEL: Analytic
RF - REFERENCE SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 2000, American Geological Institute.
IS - ISSN: 0364-6017
CO - CODEN: XICIA5
RN - REPORT NUMBER: C 1103-A
AN - ACCESSION NUMBER: 1994-015059
UD - UPDATE CODE: 199407
Registro 4893 de 5614 - GeoRef Disc 4: 1993-1996
TI - TITLE: The Guerrero suspect terrane (western Mexico) and coeval arc terranes (the Greater Antilles and the Western Cordillera of Colombia); a late Mesozoic intra-oceanic arc accreted to cratonal America during the Cretaceous.
AU - AUTHORS: Tardy-M; Lapierre-H; Freydier-C; Coulon-C; Gill-J-B; Mercier-de-Lepinay-B; Beck-C; Martinez-R-J; Talavera-M-O; Ortiz-H-E; Stein-G; Bourdier-J-L; Yta-M
AF - AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Universite de Savoie, Laboratoire de Geodynamique, Chambery, France
SO - SOURCE: Tectonophysics. 230; 1-2, Pages 49-73. 1994.
PB - PUBLISHER: Elsevier. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1994.
CP - COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: Netherlands
PY - PUBLICATION YEAR: 1994
LA - LANGUAGE: English
AB - ABSTRACT: The Guerrero suspect terrane, composed of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous sequences, extends from Baja California to Acapulco and is considered to be coeval with the late Mesozoic igneous and sedimentary arc sequences of the Greater Antilles, the West Indies, Venezuela and the Western Cordillera of Colombia. These sequences represent the remnants of an arc which accreted to the North American and northern South American cratons at the end of the Cretaceous. In western Mexico, the arc sequences built on continental crust consist of high-K calc-alkaline basalts, andesites and rhyolites enriched in LREE with abundant siliceous pyroclastic rocks interbedded either with Aptian-Albian reefal limestones or red beds. They do not show magmatic changes during the arc development. In contrast, the arc sequences built on oceanic crust show an evolution with time. Arc activity began with the development of depleted low K-tholeiitic mafic suite (Guanajuato igneous sequence), followed first by mature tholeiitic basalts and then by calc-alkaline olivine basalts interbedded with micritic limestones and radiolarian oozes of Early Cretaceous age. At the end of the arc growth, during Aptian-Albian times, calc-alkaline pillow basalts and andesites poured out in the volcanic front while shoshonitic olivine basalts extruded in the back arc. The tholeiitic and shoshonitic mafic rocks as well as the calc-alkaline lavas are mildly enriched in LREE, Y and Nb and show high epsilon (sub Nd) ratios, typical of oceanic arcs. In contrast, the calc-alkaline mafic suite enriched in LREE, Y and Nb exhibits lower epsilon (sub Nd) ratios suggesting that it was derived by the partial melting of a mantle source contaminated either by Paleozoic subducted sediments or old source enrichments (OIB). The Cretaceous arc rocks of the Greater Antilles, interbedded with and/or capped by Aptian-Albian limestones, the Cretaceous andesites of northern Colombia, the Cretaceous tholeiitic and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of Venezuela, and the Cretaceous volcano-plutonic arc assemblage of Tobago share a similar magmatic evolution with the western Mexican oceanic arc. The tholeiitic plutono-volcanic assemblage of Tobago, depleted in LREE and characterized by high epsilon (sub Nd) values is similar to the Guanajuato volcano-plutonic sequence of Mexico, considered to represent the pristine stage of the arc. The mature tholeiitic sequences exposed in the proto-Caribbean arc show flat to moderately enriched LREE patterns like those of the Guerrero terrane. However, felsic plutonic and volcanic rocks prevail in the Caribbean. Calc-alkaline suites, accompanied locally by shoshonitic lavas, characterize the end of arc magmatic activity in both places. Thus, the geochemical features of the Late Jurassic-Cretaceous arc series of the Guerrero terrane and the proto-Caribbean are consistent with the following plate tectonic model. The Guerrero terrane and the proto-Caribbean probably belonged to the same intra-paleo-Pacific arc system the development of which was related to the subduction of oceanic basins fringing the North and northern South American cratons. This subduction zone was WSW dipping. While subduction was going on, these magmatic arcs drifted, moved closer to the North and South American cratons, and finally collided with the American borderlands at different periods during the Cretaceous. The late Mesozoic Guerrero and proto-Caribbean arc sequences show striking similarities with the Miocene calc-alkaline lavas dredged from the Banda Ridges, the North Marianas Seamount Province, and the Halmahera and Philippine arcs. We suggest that the diverse but mostly submarine segments of this late Mesozoic intra-Pacific arc rimmed the North and South American cratons as much as these Tertiary arcs rim Southeast Asia.
DE - DESCRIPTORS: accretion-; Andes-; andesites-; Antilles-; basalts-; calc-alkalic-composition; carbonate-rocks; Caribbean-region; clastic-rocks; Colombia-; cratons-; Cretaceous-; crust-; evolution-; geodynamics-; Greater-Antilles; Guerrero-Terrane; igneous-rocks; island-arcs; lava-; Lesser-Antilles; limestone-; magma-contamination; Mesozoic-; metals-; Mexico-; niobium-; oceanic-crust; partial-melting; plate-tectonics; pyroclastics-; rare-earths; red-beds; rhyolites-; sedimentary-rocks; siliceous-composition; South-America; stratigraphy-; subduction-; terranes-; Tobago-; Trinidad-and-Tobago; upper-Mesozoic; Venezuela-; volcanic-rocks; West-Indies; Western-Cordillera; western-Mexico; yttrium-
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