Isotope characteristics of the Okenyenya igneous complex, northwestern Namibia: Constraints on the composition of the early Tristan plume and the origin of the EM 1 mantle component

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 277-291

  Milner, Simon C ^a,b   Le Roex, Anton P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Basalts; Geochemistry; Intrusions; Mantle plumes; Mesozoic; Namibia

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ETENDEKA GROUP; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC;

NAMIBIA, OKENYENYA COMPLEX;

EID: 0030472860     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00074-x     Document Type: Article

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