Tertiary mafic lavas of Turkana, Kenya: Constraints on East African plume structure and the occurrence of high-μ volcanism in Africa

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1221-1244

  Furman, Tanya ^a   Kaleta, Kelly M ^b   Bryce, Julia G ^c   Hanan, Barry B ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afar; East African Rift System; Geochemistry; HIMU; Mantle plumes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE PLUME; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

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

BAUHINIA GALPINII;

EID: 33646872239     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl009     Document Type: Article

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