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Bimodal volcanism in northeast Puerto Rico and the...
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Bimodal volcanism in northeast Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Greater Antilles Island Arc): Genetic links with Cretaceous subduction of the mid-Atlantic ridge Caribbean spur

Abstract

Bimodal extrusive volcanic rocks in the northeast Greater Antilles Arc consist of two interlayered suites, including (1) a predominantly basaltic suite, dominated by island arc basalts with small proportions of andesite, and (2) a silicic suite, similar in composition to small volume intrusive veins of oceanic plagiogranite commonly recognized in oceanic crustal sequences. The basaltic suite is geochemically characterized by variable enrichment …

Authors

Jolly WT; Lidiak EG; Dickin AP

Journal

Lithos, Vol. 103, No. 3-4, pp. 393–414

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

July 2008

DOI

10.1016/j.lithos.2007.10.008

ISSN

0024-4937