Primary magmas at Oldoinyo Lengai: The role of olivine melilitites

Lithos

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 150-172

  Keller, Jörg ^a   Zaitsev, Anatoly N ^a,b,c   Wiedenmann, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatite volcano; Magmatic evolution; Oldoinyo Lengai; Olivine melilitites; Peralkalinity; Primary magmas; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MELILITITE; OLIVINE GROUP; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33749518047     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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