Rise and fall of a nested Christmas-tree laccolith complex, Elba Island, Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 234, Issue , 2004, Pages 195-213

  Westerman, D S ^a   Dini, A ^b   Innocenti, F ^c   Rocchi, S ^c  

^a NORWICH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LACCOLITH; MAGMATISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

ABIES ALBA;

EID: 4544256091     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.234.01.12     Document Type: Article

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