Comparative study of ultramafic xenoliths and associated lavas from South-Eastern Sicily: Nature of the lithospheric mantle and insights on magma genesis

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 111-121

  Bianchini, G ^a   Yoshikawa, M ^b   Sapienza, G T ^c,d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77950545096     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0056-3     Document Type: Article

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