Origin by fractional crystallization of transitional basalt for the Asela-Ziway pantellerites. Crustal control in the genesis of Plio-Quaternary bimodal magmatism of the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) : Geochemical and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb) evidence by Trua et al. (1999)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Ayalew, Dereje ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Asela Ziway pantellerites; Fractional crystallization; Plio Quaternary bimodal magmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005871933     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00182-0     Document Type: Note

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