238U-230Th disequilibrium in recent basalts and dynamic melting beneath the Kenya rift

Chemical Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 148-168

  Rogers, N W ^a   Thomas, L E ^a   Macdonald, R ^b   Hawkesworth, C J ^c   Mokadem, F ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalts; Kenya rift; Melt generation; Trace elements; U series

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DISEQUILIBRIUM; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

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

EID: 33748893039     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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