To sink, or not to sink: The thermal and density structure of the modern northern Andean arc constrained by xenolith petrology

Keyphrases

• Thermal Structure 100%
• Petrology 100%
• Density Structure 100%
• Xenolith 100%
• Andean Arc 100%
• Pressure-temperature 66%
• Lower Mantle 66%
• Lower Crust 66%
• Buoyancy 33%
• High Density 33%
• Subducting Slab 33%
• Compositional Structure 33%
• Downwelling 33%
• Continental Crust 33%
• Continental Arc 33%
• Colombia 33%
• Mantle Wedge 33%
• Temperature Estimates 33%
• Zircon 33%
• Tuff 33%
• Slowing down 33%
• Partial Melt 33%
• Rayleigh-Taylor Instability 33%
• Mantle Xenoliths 33%
• Isotope Dilution 33%
• Northern Andes 33%
• Thermal Domain 33%
• Geothermal Gradient 33%
• Uranium-lead Dating 33%
• Equilibrium Pressure 33%
• Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry 33%
• Arc Crust 33%
• Magmatic Differentiation 33%
• Chemical Abrasion 33%
• Lithospheric Root 33%
• Arc Root 33%
• Northern Volcanic Zone 33%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Xenolith 100%
• Petrology 100%
• Lower Crust 50%
• Thermal Structure 25%
• Andes 25%
• Downwelling 25%
• Continental Crust 25%
• Continental Arc 25%
• Colombia 25%
• Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry 25%
• Geothermal Gradient 25%
• Isotope Dilution 25%
• Taylor Instability 25%
• Magmatic Differentiation 25%
• Timescale 25%
• Zirconium 25%