Melt migration and intrusion in the Erro-Tobbio peridotites (Ligurian Alps, Italy): Insinghts on magmatic processes in extending lithospheric mantle

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-585

  Rampone, Elisabetta ^a   Borghini, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine Apennine ophiolites; Mantle peridotites; Melt rock interaction; MORB type gabbros; Pyroxenites

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IMPREGNATION; OLIVINE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALPINE-APENNINE OPHIOLITES; MANTLE PERIDOTITES; MELT/ROCK INTERACTION; MORB-TYPE GABBROS; PYROXENITES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51949107101     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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