Petrology, mineral and isotope geochemistry of the Sondalo gabbroic complex (Central Alps, Northern Italy): Implications for the origin of post-Variscan magmatism

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 48-62

  Tribuzio, R ^a,b   Thirlwall, M F ^c   Messiga, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 0032709992     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050523     Document Type: Article

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