Metasomatism of the upper mantle beneath the Hyblean Plateau (Sicily): Evidence from pyroxenes and glass in peridotite xenoliths

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 293, Issue , 2008, Pages 197-221

  Perinelli, C ^a   Sapienza, G T ^b   Armienti, P ^a   Morten, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; METASOMATISM; MIOCENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349086365     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP293.10     Document Type: Article

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