Ultramafic xenoliths in plio-pleistocene alkali basalts from the eastern transylvanian basin: Depleted mantle enriched by vein metasomatism

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 23-53

  Vaselli, O ^a   Downes, H ^b   Thirlwall, M ^c   Dobosi, G ^d   Coradossi, N ^a   Seghedi, I ^e   Szakacs, A ^e   Vannucci, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ROMANIA, EASTERN TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN;

EID: 0028792966     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/36.1.23     Document Type: Article

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