Flood and shield basalts from Ethiopia: Magmas from the African superswell

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 793-834

  Kieffer, Bruno ^a,d   Arndt, Nicholas ^a   Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Bastien, Florence ^a   Bosch, Delphine ^b   Pecher, Arnaud ^a   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^c   Ayalew, Dereje ^c   Weis, Dominique ^d   Jerram, Dougal A ^e   Keller, Francine ^a   Meugniot, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Flood basalts; Shield volcanism; Superswell

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PROCESS; SHIELD VOLCANO; THOLEIITE; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2142761095     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg112     Document Type: Article

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