Alpine-apennine ophiolitic peridotites: New concepts on their composition and evolution

Ofioliti

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-74

  Piccardo, Giovanni B ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^b   Zanetti, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps northern appennine; Melt impregnation; Ophiolitic peridotites; Reactive melt percolation; Reactive spinel peridotites; Refertilized plagioclase peridotites; Replacive spinel dunites

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244253141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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