vbid/9783540290926

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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.Typham this is the title: Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics