The intramontane ultra-alkaline Province (IUP) of Italy: A brief review with considerations on the thickness of the underlying lithosphere

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-98

  Lavecchia, Giusy ^a   Creati, Nicola ^a   Boncio, Paolo ^a  

^a Lab di Geodinamica e Sismogenesi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Asthenosphere; Carbonatite melilitite association; Extensional tectonics; Italy; Lithosphere; Rifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968724741     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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