Petrogenesis of calc-alkaline and shoshonitic post-collisional Oligocene volcanics of the Cover Series of the sesia zone, Western Italian Alps

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-29

  Callegari, Ezio ^a   Cigolini, Corrado ^a   Medeot, Oleg ^a   D'Antonio, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Andesite; Eclogitic source; Sesia Zone; Shoshonite; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OLIGOCENE; PETROGENESIS; SHOSHONITE; VOLCANISM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242780907     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.17.1-29     Document Type: Article

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