Evolution of the Ligurian Tethys: Inference from petrology and geochemistry of the Ligurian Ophiolites

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-192

  Piccardo, Giovanni B ^a   Rampone, Elisabetta ^b   Romairone, Anna ^a   Scambelluri, Marco ^a   Tribuzio, Riccardo ^c   Beretta, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Ligurian ophiolites; Ligurian Tethys; Mantle peridotites; Oceanization; Rifting; Serpentinites; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038760451     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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