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 vitricpumice shards, rhyolite lithics, and broken crystals of quartz, sanidine, and biotite. These clasts display a parallel orientationinside the dikes and have developed devitrification...

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Autores: José Ramón Torres-Hernández, Guillermo Labarthe, Alfredo Aguillón-Robles, Martín Gómez-Anguiano, José Luis Mata-Segura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Repositorio:Redalyc-UASLP
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:56845403
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56845403
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias de la Tierra
Mexico
Tertiary
tectonics
volcanism
San Luis Potosí
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Sumario:Pyroclastic dikes emplaced along regional NW-SE faults in the Tertiary San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field consist of vitricpumice shards, rhyolite lithics, and broken crystals of quartz, sanidine, and biotite. These clasts display a parallel orientationinside 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 sequencesof the San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field suggests that they may represent the feeding conduits from which the Panalillo ignimbritewas erupted.