Intraplate lithospheric and sublithospheric components in the Adriatic domain: Nephelinite to tholeiite magma generation in the Paleogene Veneto volcanic province, southern Alps

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 418, Issue , 2007, Pages 131-152

  Beccaluva, Luigi ^a   Bianchini, Gianluca ^a   Bonadiman, Costanza ^a   Coltorti, Massimo ^a   Milani, Lorenzo ^a   Salvini, Leonardo ^a   Siena, Franca ^a   Tassinari, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria North Africa lithosphere; Basic magmas; Mantle sources; Petrogenesis; Veneto volcanic province

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ISOTOPES;

BASIC MAGMAS; MANTLE SOURCE; NORTH AFRICA; PETROGENESIS; VENETO VOLCANIC PROVINCE;

VOLCANOES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CRETACEOUS; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; NEPHELINITE; PALEOGENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PHLOGOPITE; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; VENETO;

EID: 33847096632     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(07)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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