Navajo minettes in the Cerros de las Mujeres, New Mexico
| Autor: | David T. Vaniman, A.W. Laughlin, E.S. Gladney |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Geochemistry Colorado plateau Volcanism language.human_language Extensional definition Tectonics Geophysics Navajo Mining engineering Volcano Space and Planetary Science Geochemistry and Petrology Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) language Mafic Geology |
| Zdroj: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 74:69-80 |
| ISSN: | 0012-821X |
| Popis: | The Cerros de las Mujeres in west-central New Mexico are three mafic minette plugs that should be considered part of the Navajo volcanic fields on the central Colorado Plateau. This newly recognized occurrence extends the Navajo volcanic fields to the southeastern margin of the Colorado Plateau, within 45 km of the extensional tectonic setting in which the Mogollon ash-flow tuff cauldrons occur. The Cerros de las Mujeres provide additional evidence for contemporaneous sodic and potassic volcanism within the Navajo volcanic fields. |
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