Geochemistry of low-grade metavolcanic rocks from the Pan-African of the Axum area, northern Ethiopia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-124

  Tadesse, T ^a,b   Hoshino, M ^b   Sawada, Y ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Ethiopia; Pan African; Volcanic geochemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0033563968     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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