Plume related alkaline magmatism in central Africa-the Meidob Hills (W Sudan)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 27-47

  Franz, Gerhard ^a   Steiner, Gesine ^a   Volker, Frank ^b   Pudlo, Dieter ^a   Hammerschmidt, Konrad ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental intraplate volcanism; Darfur Dome; Plume; Sr Nd Pb He isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; VOLCANISM;

SUDAN;

EID: 0033519417     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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