This study present the preliminary results of an ongoing research of the volcanic products for the Panarea island, Aeolian archipelago, Southern Italy.

New major- and trace-element, and Pb isotopic data from lavas and tephra (37 samples) representing the entire eruptive history of Panarea document a comagmatic series vaying from andesite to rhyolite. Pb data (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb:19.162-19.241; ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb: 15.628- 15.709; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb: 39.270-39.010) overlap the range of isotopic compositions of the other islands in the Aeolian archipelago. These preliminary geochemical data indicate the presence of a metasomatized MORB- like mantle consistent with the mass transfer of subducting contaminants into the source of the Aeolian volcanics.