Crustal contamination and diversity of magma sources in the northwestern Ethiopian volcanic province

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 272-290

  Meshesha, Daniel ^a   Shinjo, Ryuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afar plume; Continental flood basalts; Crustal contamination; East African rift; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049138964     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.061129     Document Type: Article

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