Trace- and rare-earth-element geochemistry of the June 1993 natrocarbonatite lavas, Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania) : Implications for the origin of carbonatite magmas

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 89-106

  Simonetti, Antonio ^a,c   Bell, Keith ^a   Shrady, Catherine ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonatite magmas; Geochemistry; Oldoinyo Lengai; Rare earth elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; REE; TRACE ELEMENT;

TANZANIA, OLDOINYO LENGAI;

EID: 0030913281     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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