Implications of widespread high-μ volcanism on the Arabian Plate for Afar mantle plume and lithosphere composition

Chemical Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-61

  Bertrand, Hervé ^a   Chazot, Gilles ^b   Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Thoral, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

Author keywords

Afar; Arabian plate; Isotope geochemistry; Lithosphere; Mantle plume

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; BASALT; CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; VOLCANISM;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0038731176     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00418-7     Document Type: Article

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