Neoproterozoic zirconium-depleted boninite and tholeiitic series rocks from Adola, southern Ethiopia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 261-279

  Wolde, Begashaw ^a,c   Asres, Zemene ^b   Desta, Zerihun ^b   Gonzalez, Julio J ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Lege Dembi Sakarro Prim Gold E   (Ethiopia)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; THOLEIITE;

ETHIOPIA, ADOLA;

EID: 0030429379     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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