160 Ma of sporadic basaltic activity on the Languedoc volcanic line (Southern France): A peculiar case of lithosphere-asthenosphere interplay

Lithos

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 202-222

  Dautria, Jean Marie ^a   Liotard, Jean Michel ^a   Bosch, Delphine ^a   Alard, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Alkali basalts; Asthenosphere; Carbonated metasomatism; Lithosphere; Peridotite xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; ASTHENOSPHERE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; METASOMATISM; PERIDOTITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY; XENOLITH;

FRANCE; LANGUEDOC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

THETYS;

EID: 78049278270     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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