The Lanzo peridotite massif, Italian Western Alps: Jurassic rifting of the Ligurian Tethys

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 47-69

  Piccardo, Giovanni B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; EXHUMATION; GEODYNAMICS; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PROTOLITH; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

ALPS; ITALY; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 77955995536     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP337.3     Document Type: Article

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