Petrological and geochemical variations of Plio-Quaternary volcanism in the Tyrrhenian Sea area: Regional distribution of magma types, petrogenesis and geodynamic implications

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 73, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 231-252

  Peccerillo, Angelo ^a   Turco, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Geochemistry; Geodynamics; Italy; Magmatism; Mantle reservoirs; Petrology; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349002205     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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