Petrology of some amphibole-bearing volcanics of the pre-Ellittico period (102-80 ka), Mt. Etna

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 151-166

  Lopez, Manuela ^a   Pompilio, Massimo ^b   Rotolo, Silvio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline magmatism; Etna; Kaersutite; Rh nite; Valle del Bove

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449944368     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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