Origin of CFB magmatism: Multi-tiered intracrustal picrite-rhyolite magmatic plumbing at Spitzkoppe, Western Namibia, during early cretaceous Etendeka magmatism

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1119-1154

  Thompson, R N ^a   Riches, A J V ^a,f   Antoshechkina, P M ^b   Pearson, D G ^a   Nowell, G M ^a   Ottley, C J ^a   Dickin, A P ^c   Hards, V L ^d   Nguno, A K ^e   Niku Paavola, V ^e,g  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Ministry of Mines and Energy   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Etendeka; Flood basalts; Hafnium isotopes; Picrite; Spitzkoppe; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PICRITE; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34447633776     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm012     Document Type: Article

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