The Monte Maggiore peridotite (Corsica, France): A case study of mantle evolution in the Ligurian Tethys

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 7-45

  Piccardo, Giovanni B ^a   Guarnieri, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DIKE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PLAGIOCLASE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 77956009014     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP337.2     Document Type: Article

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