Structural and compositional features of the Mt. Musinè peridotites (Lanzo Massif, Western Alps, Italy)

Ofioliti

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-173

  Elter, Franco M ^a   Piccardo, Giovanni B ^a   Polino, Riccardo ^b   Zanetti, Alberto ^b   Spagnolo, Gianluca ^a,b   Poggi, Eugenio ^a   Balbi, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lanzo south; Mantle structures; Melt peridotite interaction; Ophiolitic peridotite; Western alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650614933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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