Late Cenozoic xenoliths as a guide to the chemical - Isotopic composition and thermal state of the upper mantle under northeast Africa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1096

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

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intra plate magmatism; Lherzolite xenoliths; Lithospheric mantle evolution; Nd; Northeast African lithosphere; Pb isotopes; Sr

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MINERALS; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

LHERZOLITE XENOLITHS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMATISMS; NORTHEAST AFRICAN LITHOSPHERE; PB ISOTOPES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARABIAN PLATE; CENOZOIC; CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 58149280783     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1855     Document Type: Article

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