Magmatic Sources, Setting and Causes of Eocene to Recent Patagonian Plateau Magmatism (36°S to 52°S Latitude)

• Main Authors: Kay, Suzanne M., Gorring, Matthew, Ramos, Victor A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2004
• Subjects: Hotspots; Isotope; Patagonian basalts; Ridge-trench collision; Trace element; Antarctic; Chile Trench; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/392

Continental back-arc and within-plate basaltic volcanic provinces provide a view into the evolution of the mantle beneath continents and the mass flux of materials that are subducted, but not extracted by arc volcanism. One of the largest continental mafic provinces is the Patagonian province where...