Tonalite-trondhjemite-granite genesis by partial melting of newly underplated basaltic crust: An example from the Neoproterozoic Birbir magmatic arc, western Ethiopia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Wolde, Begashaw ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GRANITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

ETHIOPIA, BIRBIR;

EID: 0029752224     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00016-x     Document Type: Article

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