Rethinking geochemical feature of the Afar and Kenya mantle plumes and geodynamics implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Meshesha, Daniel ^a   Shinjo, Ryuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; EOCENE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56449087112     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005549     Document Type: Article

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