Chronology, petrology and isotope geochemistry of the Erro-Tobbio peridotites (Ligurian Alps, Italy): Records of Late Palaeozoic lithospheric extension

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 799-827

  Rampone, E ^a   Romairone, A ^a   Abouchami, W ^b   Piccardo, G B ^a   Hofmann, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mantle exhumation; Plagioclase bearing peridotites; Sm Nd dating; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 16444381730     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi001     Document Type: Article

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