Subduction-related (?) ophiolitic metabasalts from Northern Apennines (Modena province, Italy)

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-128

  Capedri, S ^a,c   Toscani, L ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; METABASALT; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 0034194002     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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