Intracratonic asthenosphere upwelling and lithosphere rejuvenation beneath the Hoggar swell (Algeria): Evidence from HIMU metasomatised lherzolite mantle xenoliths

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 482-494

  Beccaluva, L ^a   Azzouni Sekkal, A ^b   Benhallou, A ^c   Bianchini, G ^a   Ellam, R M ^d   Marzola, M ^a   Siena, F ^a   Stuart, F M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthenospheric upwelling; Hoggar; lithosphere rejuvenation; lithosphere asthenosphere interaction; mantle xenoliths; metasomatism; Sr Nd Pb isotopes; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC REJUVENATION; MANTLE XENOLITHS; METASOMATISM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LITHOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CLINOPYROXENE; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MELILITITE; METASOMATISM; NEPHELINITE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPWELLING; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34447509305     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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