Growth of subcontinental lithosphere: Evidence from repeated dike injections in the Balmuccia lherzolite massif, Italian Alps: Developments in Geotectonics

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lherzolite 100%
• dike 78%
• lithosphere 76%
• diopside 43%
• gabbro 39%
• augite 39%
• isotopic composition 22%
• mid-ocean ridge basalt 17%
• spinel 15%
• mantle 15%
• ocean island basalt 13%
• magma 12%
• asthenosphere 11%
• emplacement 9%
• fractionation 8%
• rock 7%
• dunite 6%
• harzburgite 6%
• phlogopite 6%
• wall rock 5%
• Hercynian orogeny 5%
• lower crust 5%
• thinning 5%
• upper mantle 4%
• plagioclase 4%
• low pressure 4%
• assimilation 4%
• uplift 4%
• material 4%
• diagram 4%
• melting 4%
• crust 3%
• melt 3%
• saturation 3%
• young 3%
• science 3%
• in situ 3%