East African Rift System (EARS) plume structure: Insights from Quaternary mafic lavas of Turkana, Kenya

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1069-1088

  Furman, Tanya ^a   Bryce, Juila G ^b   Karson, Jeffrey ^c   Iotti, Annamaria ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basalts; East Africa; Geochemistry; Plume; Rifting

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MANTLE PLUME; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA;

EID: 2142808403     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh004     Document Type: Article

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