High-Mg subduction-related Tertiary basalts in Sardinia, Italy

Lithos

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-91

  Morra, V ^a   Secchi, F A G ^b   Melluso, L ^a   Franciosi, L ^a  

^a Dipartimento Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcalkaline; Geochemistry; High Al basalts; High Mg basalts; Italy; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SUBDUCTION; TERTIARY;

ITALY, SARDINIA;

EID: 0030873829     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(96)00028-x     Document Type: Article

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