Head-to-tail transition of the Afar mantle plume: Geochemical evidence from a Miocene bimodal basalt-rhyolite succession in the Ethiopian Large Igneous Province

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 461-476

  Ayalew, Dereje ^a   Gibson, Sally A ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afar mantle plume; Basalt; Ethiopian Large Igneous Province; Ethiopian Rift; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MIOCENE; PARENT BODY; PARTIAL MELTING; RHYOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 70349158665     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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