Tectonics, dynamics and Plio-Pleistocene magmatism in the central Tyrrhenian Sea: insights from the submarine transitional basalts of the Ventotene volcanic Ridge (Pontine Islands, Italy)

Abstract: This dataset contains petrological and geochronological data of basalts from Ventotene volcanic Ridge (VR), located 25 km north of Ventotene Island in the Eastern Pontine Islands, Italy. The samples dredged along the VR are basalts to trachybasalts belonging to the transitional (TR) rock-series, with a 40Ar-39Ar age of 2.760±0.039 Ma. Other Description: Conte A.M., Perinelli C., Bosman A., Castorina F., Conti A., Cuffaro M., Di Vincenzo G., Martorelli E., Bigi S."Tectonics, dynamics and Plio-Pleistocene magmatism in the central Tyrrhenian Sea: insights from the submarine transitional basalts of the Ventotene volcanic Ridge (Pontine Islands, Italy)". Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, submitted