Geochemistry of the mafic rocks of the ophiolitic fold and thrust belts of southern Ethiopia: Constraints on the tectonic regime during the Neoproterozoic (900-700 MA)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 157-183

  Yibas, B ^a,c   Reimold, W U ^a   Anhaeusser, C R ^a   Koeberl, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c PHDe Lange Environ/Water Qual M   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Boninite; East African Orogen; Mozambique Belt; Supra subduction zone

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CERIUM; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

BASALT; BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BASALT; ETHIOPIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOZAMBIQUE; REVIEW; ROCK;

(SOUTH); ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0037465791     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00197-3     Document Type: Article

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