Carbonatite magmatism and plume activity: Implications from the Nd, Pb and Sr isotope systematics of oldoinyo lengai

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1321-1339

  Bell, K ^a   Simonetti, A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Isotopes; Mantle plumes; Oldoinyo Lengai

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

TANZANIA, OLDOINYO LENGAI;

EID: 0030439781     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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