Metabasite from the Variscan belt in NE Sardinia, Italy: Within-plate OIB-like melts with very high Sr and low Nd isotope ratios

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-523

  Cruciani, Gabriele ^a   Dini, Andrea ^b   Franceschelli, Marcello ^a   Puxeddu, Mariano ^b   Utzeri, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Nd isotopic composition; Ocean island basalt; Sardinia; Sr; Sub continental lithospheric mantle; Variscan orogeny; Within plate basalt

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BASALT; BELTS; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; SARDINIA; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; VARISCAN OROGENIES;

NICKEL;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABASITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 77957693086     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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