Geodynamic implications of deep mantle upwelling in the source of Tertiary volcanics from the Veneto region (South-Eastern Alps)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-590

  Macera, Patrizia ^a   Gasperini, Daniela ^a   Piromallo, Claudia ^b   Blichert Toft, Janne ^c   Bosch, Delphine ^d   Del Moro, Aldo ^e   Martin, Silvana ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; LAVA; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TERTIARY; UPWELLING;

ALPS; ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 0242338507     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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