The mesozoic to early cenozoic magmatism of the Benue Trough (Nigeria); geochemical evidence for the involvement of the St Helena Plume

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1341-1358

  Coulon, C ^a   Vidal, P ^b   Dupuy, C ^b   Baudin, P ^a   Popoff, M ^c   Maluski, H ^d   Hermitte, D ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d URA 1763   (France)

Author keywords

Benue Trough; Equatorial Atlantic; Mantle sources; Mesozoic to Cenozoic magmatism; St Helena plume

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC;

NIGERIA, BENUE TROUGH;

EID: 0030427658     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.6.1341     Document Type: Article

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