Reasoning and beliefs about Italian geodynamics

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana, Supplemento

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 119-127

  Bell, Keith ^a   Lavecchia, Giusy ^b   Stoppa, Francesco ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Geodynamics; Italy; Leucitites; Mantle; Mediterranean; Plume; Shoshonites; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750907512     PISSN: 17222818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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