Revisiting the Lanzo peridotite (NW-Italy) : 'Asthenospherization' of ancient mantle lithosphere

Ofioliti

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Müntener, Othmar ^a   Piccardo, Giovanni B ^b   Polino, Riccardo ^c   Zanetti, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dunite; Lanzo peridotite. Western alps; Melt migration; Melt rock reaction; Ophiolites; Plagioclase peridotite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846880997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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