The Cenozoic igneous activity of Sardinia

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 73, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 105-134

  Lustrino, Michele ^a,b   Morra, Vincenzo ^c   Melluso, Leone ^c   Brotzu, Pietro ^c   D'Amelio, Fosco ^c   Fedele, Lorenzo ^c   Franciosi, Luigi ^c   Lonis, Roberto ^d   Liebercknecht, Alfredo Massimo Petteruti ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Progemisa SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine orogenesis; EMI; EMU; Geochemistry; Geodynamics; HIMU; Mediterranean Sea; Petrology; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645409551     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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