A high-pressure experimental study on the evolution of the silicic magmatism of the Main Ethiopian Rift

Lithos

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 46-58

  Caricchi, L ^a   Ulmer, P ^a   Peccerillo, A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibrium crystallization; Fractional crystallization; Peralkaline; Rhyolites; Rift system

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PERALKALINE ROCK; RHYOLITE;

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

EID: 33749511413     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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