The Cretaceous to Paleogene within-plate magmatism of Pachino-Capo Passero (southeastern Sicily) and Adria (La Queglia and Pietre Nere, southern Italy): Geochemical and isotopic evidence against a plume-related origin of circum-Mediterranean magmas

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-96

  Avanzinelli, Riccardo ^a   Sapienza, Giovanna T ^b,c   Conticelli, Sandro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common Mantle Reservoir; European asthenospheric mantle; FOZO; HIMU; La Queglia; Pachino Capo Passero volcano; Pietre Nere; Sr Nd Pb isotope; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANTHANUM; OXIDE MINERALS; RECYCLING; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EUROPEAN ASTHENOSPHERIC MANTLE; FOZO; HIMU; MANTLE RESERVOIRS; PIETRE NERE; SR-ND-PB ISOTOPES;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

CRETACEOUS; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOGENE; PARTIAL MELTING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO;

ITALY; SICILY;

PELAGIA;

EID: 84857553122     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2185     Document Type: Article

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