Geochemistry of lamprophyres from the Western Alps, Italy: Implications for the origin of an enriched isotopic component in the Italian mantle

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-362

  Owen, Jennifer Paige ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Italy; Lamprophyre; Metasomatism; Subduction

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAMPROPHYRE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 38349053070     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0246-0     Document Type: Article

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