Slab detachment and mantle plume upwelling in subduction zones: An example from the Italian South-Eastern Alps

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-48

  Macera, Patrizia ^a   Gasperini, Daniela ^a   Ranalli, Giorgio ^b   Mahatsente, Rezene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine magmatism; Geochemistry; HIMU OIB; Slab breakoff; Slab rheology; Subduction

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPWELLING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36249026404     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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