Quaternary volcanic activity of the southern Red Sea: New data and assessment of models on magma sources and Afar plume-lithosphere interaction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 15-29

  Volker, Frank ^a,b,d   Altherr, Rainer ^a   Jochum, Klaus Peter ^c   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afar plume; Bulk rock chemistry; Gulf of Aden; Mantle plume; Red Sea volcanism; Sr Nd Pb isotopic ratios

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MAGMA SOURCE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; QUATERNARY; VOLCANISM;

RED SEA;

EID: 0031413054     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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