Petrology and geochemistry of ultrapotassic rocks from the Montefiascone Volcanic Complex (central Italy): magmatic evolution and petrogenesis

Lithos

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-195

  Di Battistini, G ^a   Montanini, A ^a   Vernia, L ^a   Bargossi, G M ^b   Castorina, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; ULTRAPOTASSIC ROCK;

ITALY;

EID: 0031669121     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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