Growth of subcontinental lithosphere: evidence from repeated dike injections in the balmuccia lherzolite massif, Italian Alps

Developments in Crop Science

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1999, Pages 287-316

  Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Shervais, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balmuccia lherzolite massif; Dike rocks; Subcontinental lithosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447252241     PISSN: 0378519X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0419-0254(99)80016-0     Document Type: Article

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