Petrology of Karoo volcanic rocks in the southern Lebombo monocline, Mozambique

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 139-151

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Cucciniello, Ciro ^a   Petrone, Chiara M ^b   Lustrino, Michele ^c   Morra, Vincenzo ^a   Tiepolo, Massimo ^d   Vasconcelos, Lopo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Karoo volcanic rocks; Movene Basalts; Mozambique; Sica Beds Rhyolites; Sr Nd isotopes; Trace element composition of zircon

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DACITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAFIC ROCK; MONOCLINE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; KAROO; MOZAMBIQUE; SABIE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 54349086038     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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