Etendeka volcanism of the Goboboseb Mountains and Messum Igneous Complex, Namibia. Part I: Geochemical evidence of early cretaceous Tristan plume melts and the role of crustal contamination in the Paraná-Etendeka CFB

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-225

  Ewart, A ^a   Milner, S C ^b,c   Armstrong, R A ^b,d   Duncan, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Etendeka Paran volcanism; Lower crust; Plume magmas; Three component mixing

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANISM;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0031863324     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.2.191     Document Type: Article

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