Sub-lithospheric source for Quaternary alkaline Tepi shield, southwest Ethiopia

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-56

  Ayalew, Dereje ^a   Marty, B ^b   Barbey, P ^b   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^a   Ketefo, Endale ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline lava; Primitive mantle; Southwest Ethiopia; Tepi shield

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; QUATERNARY;

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

EID: 32444438292     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.40.47     Document Type: Article

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