New 40 Ar- 39 Ar ages and petrogenesis of the Massif d'Ambre volcano, northern Madagascar

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 478, Issue , 2011, Pages 257-281

  Cucciniello, C ^a   Melluso, L ^a   Morra, V ^a   Storey, M ^b   Rocco, I ^a   Franciosi, L ^a   Grifa, C ^c   Petrone, C M ^d   Vincent, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRIT (Centre National de Recherches Industrielle et Technologique)   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MAGNESIA; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERNARY ALLOYS; VOLCANOES;

AGE DETERMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; MANTLE DERIVED MAGMAS; SOURCE COMPOSITION; SR-ND-PB ISOTOPES; THOLEIITIC BASALTS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

LEAD ALLOYS;

ALKALI BASALT; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASANITE; CLINOPYROXENE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; PETROGENESIS; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANISM;

ANTSIRANANA; MADAGASCAR; MONTAGNE D'AMBRE;

EID: 80051895194     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2478(14)     Document Type: Article

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