I prepared compilations of geochemical data from the central part of the Mexican Volcanic Belt (C-MVB), the Central American Volcanic Arc (CAVA) from Guatemala to northwestern Costa Rica, the continental arc of the Andes in South America, other mostly island arcs, extensional and continental break-up regions, and continental rifts. Using quantitative statistical methods, the origin of the C-MVB...

Active microplate boundaries in ocean-continent subduction zones may induce deformation of the overlying plate and spatial or geochemical variations in the volcanic arc. We discuss two modern cases. The first is the South Gorda-Juan de Fuca plate boundary in the Cascadia subduction zone, where there is little or no effect on the overriding plate and the oceanic plate takes up much of the deform...

Intraplate volcanism initiated shortly after the cessation of Cenozoic seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) region, but the full extent of its influence on the Indochina block has not been well constrained. Here we present major and trace element data and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope ratios of late Cenozoic basaltic lavas from the Khorat plateau and some volcanic centers in the Paleozoic Sukh...

Active volcanoes give significant threats to the populations that live in their proximity. The Three Sisters Volcanic region is one of 9 threatening volcanoes within the Cascades volcanic arc. Eruptions are probable which makes it essential to complete hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessments so that proper planning, education and mitigation procedures can be implemented prior to the threat ...

rocks of the Stuhuni and King Salmon Groups; a pre-.Middlm: Triassic unconformity is found througbmt the North American Cordillera (Read and Okulitch, 1977, Siberling, 1973:. In the Stikine Terrane, late Triassic volcanic rocks ar: dominantly fragmental andcommonly alkalic. Based on bul:: rock chemistry, both extensional, ba:k-arc, and Fore-ar: tectonic settings have been suggested tor these r...

a r t i c l e i n f o Satellite Radar Interferometry (InSAR) is suited to monitoring ground deformation on the scale of volcanic arcs, providing insight into the eruptive cycle over both long and short time periods. However, these measurements are often contaminated with atmospheric artefacts caused by changes in the refractivity of the atmosphere. Here, we test the use of two large-scale atmos...

Abstract U–Pb age spectra of detrital zircons related to the East European Platform could be traced in paragneiss through whole Mid-German-Crystalline Zone (Variscides, Central Europe) from Odenwald via Spessart Ruhla crystalline forming an exotic unit between Armorica and Laurussia. The depositional ages are defined by youngest oldest intrusion as Ordovician Silurian. Ediacaran dominated spect...