Petrology of mantle xenoliths from Megado and Dilo, Kenya rift, Southern Ethiopia

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Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-87

  Orlando, Andrea ^a   Abebe, Tsegaye ^b,c   Manetti, Piero ^a,c   Santo, Alba Patrizia ^a,c   Corti, Giacomo ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b Ethiopian Geological Survey   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basanite; Kenya rift; Pyroxenite; Southern ethiopia; Spinel lherzolite; Ultramafic xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449090410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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