Composition and thermal structure of the lithosphere beneath the Ethiopian plateau: Evidence from mantle xenoliths in basanites, Injibara, Lake Tana Province

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 47-78

  Ferrando, Simona ^a,f   Frezzotti, M L ^a   Neumann, E R ^b   De Astis, G ^c   Peccerillo, A ^d   Dereje, A ^e   Gezahegn, Y ^e   Teklewold, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASANITE; LAVA FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; XENOLITH;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 44549084250     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-007-0219-z     Document Type: Article

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