Asphaltene-bearing mantle xenoliths from Hyblean diatremes, Sicily

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 956-968

  Scirè, Salvatore ^a   Ciliberto, Enrico ^a   Crisafulli, Carmelo ^a   Scribano, Vittorio ^a   Bellatreccia, Fabio ^b   Ventura, Giancarlo Della ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Calcite; Fischer Tropsch; Serpentinite; Sicily; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ASPHALTENE; BRECCIA; CALCITE; DIATREME; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLLOSILICATE; SERPENTINITE; SOLUBILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOLUENE; XENOLITH;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79960602436     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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