Petrology of gabbroic to plagiogranitic rocks from southern tuscany (Italy): Evidence for magmatic differentation in an ophiolitic sequence

Ofioliti

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-69

  Montanini, Alessandra ^a   Travaglioli, Mauro ^b   Serri, Giancarlo ^a   Dostal, Jaroslav ^c   Ricci, Carlo Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b St Mary's University ^*  (Italy)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractional crystallization; MORB; Northern apennine; Ophiolite; Plagiogranite

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949109382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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