Relationships between mafic and peralkaline silicic magmatism in continental rift settings: A petrological, geochemical and isotopic study of the Gedemsa volcano, Central Ethiopian rift

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2003-2032

  Peccerillo, A ^a   Barberio, M R ^a   Yirgu, G ^b   Ayalew, D ^b   Barbieri, M ^c   Wu, T W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daly Gap; Ethiopian rift; Gedemsa volcano; Geochemistry; Peralkaline rhyolites

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; GEDEMSA VOLCANO;

EID: 0344530901     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg068     Document Type: Article

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