The 24th September 2007 ash eruption of the carbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Mineralogy of the ash and implications for formation of a new hybrid magma type

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 483-492

  Mitchell, R H ^a   Dawson, J B ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Combeite; Lapilli; Melilite; Nepheline; Oldoinyo Lengai; Tanzania; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CARBONATITE; COMBEITE; MELILITE; NEPHELINE; VOLCANIC ASH;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CARBONATITE; EXTRUSION; LAVA; MAGMA; MINERALOGY; NEPHELINE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 42949138387     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.5.483     Document Type: Article

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