Mantle xenoliths in Triassic camptonite dykes of the Predazzo area (Dolomites, Northern Italy): Petrography, mineral chemistry and geothermobarometry

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-115

  Carraro, Anna ^a   Visonà, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dolomites; Geothermobarometry; Mantle xenoliths; NE Italy; Petrography; Triassic dykes

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; PETROGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

CONSISTENT VALUES; DOLOMITES; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; SPINEL-LHERZOLITE; TRIASSIC;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DIKE; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE; PETROGRAPHY; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC; XENOLITH;

DOLOMITES; ITALY; PREDAZZO;

EID: 0037286865     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0103     Document Type: Article

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