Nd, Pb, and Sr isotope composition of Late Mesozoic to Quaternary intra-plate magmatism in NE-Africa (Sudan, Egypt): High-μ signatures from the mantle lithosphere

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-784

  Lucassen, Friedrich ^a,b   Franz, Gerhard ^b   Romer, Rolf L ^a   Pudlo, Dieter ^b,c   Dulski, Peter ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

High mantle; Intra plate magmatism; Nd Pb Srisotopes; NE Africa; Upper mantle isotope composition

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; SPREADING CENTER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFAR; AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [SUDAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; YEMEN;

EID: 54049119577     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0314-0     Document Type: Article

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