Petrologie, geochemical and isotopie characteristics of potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism in central-southern Italy: Inferences on its genesis and on the nature of mantle sources

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 73, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 135-164

  Conticelli, Sandro ^a,b   Melluso, Leone ^c   Perini, Giulia ^a   Avanzinelli, Riccardo ^a   Boari, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Kamafugite; Lamproite; Leucite hearing rocks; Lucanian Magmatic Province; Potassio and ultrapotassic alkaline rocks; Roman Magmatic Province; Roman type rocks; Tuscan Magmatic Province

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879315487     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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