Spatial and temporal variations in the compositions of Upper Miocene to Recent basic lavas in the northern main Ethiopian rift: Implications for the causes of Cenozoic magmatism in Ethiopia

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 380-389

  Wolde, B ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lithospheric extension; Main Ethiopian rift; Plateau magmatism; Thermal anomaly; Transitional basalt magmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349161050     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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