Petrology and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope geochemistry of gabbro xenoliths from the Hyblean Plateau: A MARID reservoir beneath SE Sicily?

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Sapienza, Giovanna T ^a   Griffin, William L ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Morten, Lauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gabbro xenoliths; Hyblean Plateau; In situ Sr isotopes; MARID; Sr Nd Hf isotope data

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; GABBRO; HAFNIUM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 56349138999     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0317-x     Document Type: Article

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