What 'anorogenic' igneous rocks can tell us about the chemical composition of the upper mantle: Case studies from the circum-Mediterranean area

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-316

  Lustrino, Michele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

basalt; geochemistry; geodynamics; mantle; Mediterranean; petrology; SUMA

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BLENDING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; LEAD ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PETROLOGY; SAMPLING; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HOMOGENEOUS COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; MEDITERRANEAN; SUMA; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

ANATOLIA; CANARY ISLANDS; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; POLAND; SPAIN; TURKEY;

EID: 79951771559     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000695     Document Type: Article

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