The Lava sequence of the East African Rift escarpment in the Oldoinyo Lengai - Lake Natron sector, Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 734-751

  Neukirchen, Florian ^a   Finkenbein, Thomas ^a   Keller, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Basanite; East African Rift volcanism; Lake Natron sector; Melilitite; Nephelinite; Rift escarpment sequence

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; BASANITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESCARPMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELILITITE; NEPHELINITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; LAKE NATRON; OLDOINYO LENGAI; TANZANIA;

EID: 77953962312     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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