Plume-lithosphere interaction beneath Mt. Cameroon volcano, West Africa: Constraints from 238U-230Th-226Ra and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1835-1854

  Yokoyama, Tetsuya ^a   Aka, Festus T ^a,b   Kusakabe, Minoru ^a   Nakamura, Eizo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Technology Section   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MELT INCLUSION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33947122570     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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