The Ethiopian subcontinental mantle domains: Geochemical evidence from Cenozoic mafic lavas

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 259-281

  Tommasini, S ^a,c   Manetti, P ^a,c   Innocenti, F ^b   Abebe, T ^a   Sintoni, M F ^a   Conticelli, Sandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLOOD BASALT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; LINEAMENT; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 21444454552     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-005-0081-9     Document Type: Article

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