Geochemical features and geodynamic significance of the southern Tyrrhenian backarc basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 418, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-233

  Trua, Teresa ^a   Serri, Giancarlo ^a   Marani, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline magmas; Backarc basin; Calc alkaline magmas; Southern tyrrhenian sea

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIA; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

ALKALINE MAGMAS; BACK-ARC BASIN; CALC-ALKALINE MAGMAS; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA;

GEODYNAMICS;

BACKARC BASIN; DATA ACQUISITION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; NEOGENE; PETROGENESIS; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 75749112957     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(11)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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