Petrological, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the lithospheric mantle beneath Sardinia (Italy) as indicated by ultramafic xenoliths enclosed in alkaline lavas

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1111-1125

  Rocco, Ivana ^a   Lustrino, Michele ^b   Morra, Vincenzo ^a   Melluso, Leone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glass; Harzburgite; Lherzolite; Mantle xenoliths; Metasomatism; Sardinia; Trace elements in minerals; Websterite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CLINOPYROXENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARZBURGITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84861925925     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0729-0     Document Type: Article

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