Petrogenesis of basalt-trachyte lavas from Olmoti Crater, Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 127-143

  Mollel, Godwin F ^a   Swisher, Carl C ^a   McHenry, Lindsay J ^b   Feigenson, Mark D ^a   Carr, Michael J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Geochemistry; Nd isotopes; Pb isotopes; Petrology; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEPHRA; TRACHYTE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GREGORY RIFT; NGORONGORO CRATER; OLDUVAI GORGE; OLMOTI CRATER; TANZANIA;

EID: 77954953207     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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