Isotopic and trace element signatures of Ethiopian flood basalts: Evidence for plume-lithosphere interactions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2263-2279

  Pik, Raphaël ^a   Deniel, Catherine ^b   Coulon, Christian ^a   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^c   Marty, Bernard ^d  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; TRACE ELEMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0033381262     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00141-6     Document Type: Article

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