The cameroon volcanic line revisited: Petrogenesis of continental basaltic magmas from lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle sources

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-109

  Marzoli, A ^a,b,g   Piccirillo, E M ^a   Renne, P R ^b,c   Bellieni, G ^d   Iacumin, M ^a   Nyobe, J B ^e   Tongwa, A T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Min de Rech Sci Technologique   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Cameroon Line basalts; Hotspot; Lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle source

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0034100333     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.1.87     Document Type: Article

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