The central-western Mediterranean area is a key region for understanding the complex
interaction between igneous activity and tectonics. In this review, the specific geochemical …

A new discovery of carbonatites at Pianciano, Ficoreto and Forcinelle in the Roman Region
demonstrates that Italian carbonatites are not just isolated, mantle xenoliths-bearing …

Italian Plio-Quaternary magmatism exhibits a very wide petrological, geochemical and
radiogenic-isotope variability, which makes magma genesis and geodynamic significance …

High-MgO ultrapotassic rocks are found in four different areas of the Western Mediterranean
basin associated in space and time with shoshonitic and calc-alkaline rocks. They represent …

The central-western Mediterranean is one of the most important areas on Earth for studying
subduction-related potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism. In the circum-Tyrrhenian area …

The Cenozoic geological evolution of the Italian area is characterized by the formation of two
major mountain chains-the Alps to the north and the Apennines throughout the peninsula …

Carbonatites are igneous rocks composed of over 50% modal carbonate minerals and their
exact origin and possible mode (s) of formation are still debated. We report stable Ca …

We report here, for the first time, on the new finding of extrusive calciocarbonatite (alvikite)
rocks from the Pleistocene Mt. Vulture volcano (southern Italy). These volcanic rocks, which …

Abstract The Pleistocene (~ 460–265 ka) San Venanzo volcanic complex belongs to the IAP
(Intra-Apennine Province) in central Italy, which comprises at least four small Pleistocene …

The major processes that control the genesis of potassic volcanic rocks, like the timing of
multi-stage mantle metasomatism, remain largely unclear. In an attempt to clarify the timing …