Extreme U-Th disequilibrium in rift-related basalts, rhyolites and granophyric granite and the timescale of rhyolite generation, intrusion and crystallization at Alid volcanic center, Eritrea

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2105-2122

  Lowenstern, J B ^a   Charlier, B L A ^b   Clynne, M A ^a   Wooden, J L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Ion microprobe; U series; Volcano; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANOPHYRE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE SOURCE; RHYOLITE; TIMESCALE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750220805     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl038     Document Type: Article

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