The pyroclastic dikes of the Tertiary San Luis Potosí volcanic field: Implications on the emplacement of Panalillo ignimbrite

Pyroclastic dikes emplaced along regional NW–SE faults in the Tertiary San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field consist of vitric pumice shards, rhyolite lithics, and broken crystals of quartz, sanidine, and biotite. These clasts display a parallel orientation inside the dikes and have developed devitrificati...

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Autores: Torres-Hernández, José Ramón, Labarthe-Hernández, Guillermo, Aguillón-Robles, Alfredo, Gómez–Anguiano, Martín, Mata-Segura, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:Dique piroclástico
ignimbrita Panalillo
tectónica
volcanismo
San Luis Potosí
Terciario
cerámicas, Mesoamérica
Pyroclastic dike
Panalillo ignimbrite
tectonics
volcanism
Tertiary
coherency
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Sumario:Pyroclastic dikes emplaced along regional NW–SE faults in the Tertiary San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field consist of vitric pumice shards, rhyolite lithics, and broken crystals of quartz, sanidine, and biotite. These clasts display a parallel orientation inside the dikes and have developed devitrification structures after emplacement.The presence of these pyroclastic dikes associated to normal faults and their relation to the Oligocene pyroclastic sequences of the San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field suggests that they may represent the feeding conduits from which the Panalillo ignimbrite was erupted.