Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy : Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics

Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy : Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics

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Book Description
Central-Southern Italy and the Tyrrhenian Sea are the sites of extensive Plio-Quaternary magmatic activity. The rock compositions include crustal anatectic granites and rhyolites, tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, shoshonitic volcanics, and potassic to ultrapotassic and Na-alkaline volcanics. This very wide compositional variation makes Italian magmatism one of the most complex petrological issues, the understanding  of which is a challenge for modern petrology and geochemistry. This book summarises the petrological, geochemical and volcanological characteristics of Italian Plio-Quaternary volcanism, and discusses petrogenetic hypotheses and possible geodynamics settings. The book is written for petrologists and geochemists, but fundamental geochemical information is well presented and the use of excessive jargon is avoided,  making the book readable to a wide audience of Earth scientists. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing a database of volcanic rock analyses compiled in the last two to three decades.

Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy: Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics,Angelo Peccerillo,Springer,354025885X,Earth Sciences - Geology,Earth Sciences - Mineralogy,Geophysics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Earth Sciences,Geology & the lithosphere,Igneous Petrogenesis,Petrology,Pliocene,Quaternary,Science / Geology,Vulcanology & seismology

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