Upper-mantle volatile chemistry at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano and the origin of carbonatites

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7243, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Fischer, T P ^a   Burnard, P ^b   Marty, B ^b   Hilton, D R ^c   Furi E ^c   Palhol, F ^b   Sharp, Z D ^a   Mangasini, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; HELIUM; NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

CARBONATITE; IMMISCIBILITY; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SILICA; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; MISCIBILITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TANZANIA; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 66249115620     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07977     Document Type: Article

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