Pre-Variscan metagabbro from NW Sardinia, Italy: Evidence of an enriched asthenospheric mantle source for continental alkali basalts

Geological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Franceschelli, Marcello ^a   Cruciani, Gabriele ^a   Puxeddu, Mariano ^b   Utzeri, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Metagabbro; Mineralogy; Sardinia; Tectonic setting; Variscan Orogeny

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; METAGABBRO; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

ITALY;

EID: 0038604046     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.937     Document Type: Article

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