The role of HIMU metasomatic components in the North African lithospheric mantle: Petrological evidence from the Gharyan lherzolite xenoliths, NW Libya

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 293, Issue , 2008, Pages 253-277

  Beccaluva, L ^a   Bianchini, G ^a   Ellam, R M ^b   Marzola, M ^a   Oun, K M ^c   Siena, F ^a   Stuart, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; NEOGENE; PARAGENESIS; PETROLOGY; QUATERNARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPWELLING; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; GHARYAN VOLCANIC FIELD; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84862757273     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP293.12     Document Type: Article

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