Lithos, 2006, V 86, N 1-2, January.

Editorial Board  • 
Page CO2 

Geochemical secular variation of magma
source during Early to Middle Miocene
time in the Niigata area, NE Japan: 
Asthenospheric mantle upwelling during
back-arc basin opening  • 
Kenji Shuto, Hiroyuki Ishimoto, Yuka Hirahara, 
Makoto Sato, Koji Matsui, Norie Fujibayashi, 
Eiichi Takazawa, Kaori Yabuki, 
Masamichi Sekine, Masayasu Kato and 
Andrey Igorevich Rezanov
Pages 1-33 

Lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction and
the origin of Cretaceous tholeiitic magmatism
in Northeastern Brazil: Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic evidence  • 
Maria Helena Bezerra Maia Hollanda,
Marcio Martins Pimentel, Diogenes Custodio Oliveira
and Emanuel Ferraz Jardim de Sa
Pages 34-49 

Geochemical constraints on the Cenozoic, OIB-type 
alkaline volcanic rocks of NW Turkey: Implications
for mantle sources and melting processes  • 
E. Aldanmaz, N. Koprubasi, O.F. Gurer, 
N. Kaymakci and A. Gourgaud
Pages 50-76 

Evidence for the granulite–granite connection: 
Penecontemporaneous high-grade metamorphism, 
granitic magmatism and core complex development
in the Liscomb Complex, Nova Scotia, Canada  • 
Jaroslav Dostal, Duncan J. Keppie, Pierre Jutras,
Brent V. Miller and Brendan J. Murphy
Pages 77-90 

Experimental study of the system 
diopside–nepheline–sanidine at 0.1, 1 and 2 
GPa [P(H2O) = P(Total)]: Its significance in the 
genesis of alkali-rich basic and ultrabasic rocks  • 
Alok K. Gupta, S. Chattopadhyay, B. Chattopadhyay
and Makoto Arima
Pages 91-109 

1.8 Ga magmatism in the Fennoscandian Shield; 
lateral variations in subcontinental mantle enrichment  • 
U.B. Andersson, O. Eklund, S. Frojdo and D. Konopelko
Pages 110-136 

Petrogenesis of silicic magmatism related to the 
2.44 Ga rifting of Archean crust in Koillismaa, 
eastern Finland  • 
L.S. Lauri, O.T. Ramo, H. Huhma, I. Manttari 
and J. Rasanen
Pages 137-166 

Geochemistry of pyroxenitic and hornblenditic 
xenoliths in alkaline lamprophyres from 
the Spanish Central System  • 
David Orejana, Carlos Villaseca and Bruce A. Paterson
Pages 167-196