The mafic-ultramafic complex near Finero (Ivrea-Verbano Zone), I. Chemistry of MORB-like magmas

Chemical Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 207-222

  Lu, Meihua ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^a   Mazzucchelli, Maurizio ^b   Rivalenti, Giorgio ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep crust; Gabbro; Ivrea Zone; Mafic complex; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001259434     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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