Origin of the gabbro-peridotite association from the Northern Apennine ophiolites (Italy)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1109-1124

  Tribuzio, Riccardo ^a,b   Thirlwall, Matthew F ^c   Vannucci, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gabbro; Northern Apennine; Oceanic lithosphere; Ophiolite; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; RIFT ZONE; TETHYS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242776136     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh006     Document Type: Article

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