Origin and emplacement of ultramafic-mafic intrusions in the Erro-Tobbio mantle peridotite (Ligurian Alps, Italy)

Lithos

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 210-229

  Borghini, Giulio ^a   Rampone, Elisabetta ^a   Crispini, Laura ^a   De Ferrari, Roberto ^a   Godard, Marguerite ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gabbroic rocks; Mantle peridotite; Melt impregnation; MORB type intrusion; Olivine cumulates

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERE; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 33846888805     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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