Peralkaline syenite autoliths from Kilombe volcano, Kenya Rift Valley: Evidence for subvolcanic interaction with carbonatitic fluids

Lithos

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 373-392

  Ridolfi, Filippo ^a   Renzulli, Alberto ^a   Macdonald, Ray ^b   Upton, Brian G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Ce anomaly; Kenya rift valley; Kilombe; REE fluorcarbonate; Syenite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; FLUID COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MINERAL; PERALKALINE ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SYENITE;

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

EID: 33749532825     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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