Plume-lithosphere interactions in the generation of the basalts of the Kenya Rift, East Africa

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 877-900

  Macdonald, R ^a   Rogers, N W ^b   Fitton, J G ^c   Black, S ^d   Smith, M ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Kenya Rift Valley; Mantle plumes; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; RIFT ZONE;

KENYA; KENYA RIFT;

EID: 0035014477     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/42.5.877     Document Type: Article

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