A unique lower mantle source for Southern Italy volcanics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 227-238

  Cadoux, Anita ^a,b   Blichert Toft, Janne ^c   Pinti, Daniele L ^d   Albarède, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

common component; Italian magmatism; lead isotopes; OIB; principal component analysis; slab detachment

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LEAD ISOTOPES; MANTLE; SLAB DETACHMENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LOWER MANTLE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347208353     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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