Rhyolites associated to Ethiopian CFB: Clues for initial rifting at the Afar plume axis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Natali, Claudio ^a   Beccaluva, Luigi ^a   Bianchini, Gianluca ^a,b   Siena, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afar plume; Incipient rifting; Northern Ethiopian CFB; Rhyolites; Tectono magmatic model

Indexed keywords

AFAR PLUMES; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; FIELD DATA; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; IGNIMBRITES; INCIPIENT RIFTING; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; LIQUID FRACTION; LOW ASPECT RATIO; MAGMA CHAMBER; MINERAL CHEMICALS; MODEL-BASED OPC; NORTHERN ETHIOPIAN CFB; OXIDE REMOVAL; PERALKALINE; PETROGENETIC MODELLING; RAPID CHANGES; RHYOLITES; RHYOLITIC; RHYOLITIC MAGMA; STRESS REGIME; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIO; TITANIUM CONTENT; VOLCANICS;

ASPECT RATIO; BASALT; FLUORINE; GRANITE; MINERALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICA; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TECTONICS;

ESCARPMENT; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA; PERALKALINE ROCK; PICRITE; PLUME; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TEMPERATURE;

ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

EID: 80054892871     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.059     Document Type: Article

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