Helium isotopes at Rungwe Volcanic Province, Tanzania, and the origin of East African Plateaux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Hilton, D R ^a   Halldorsson S A ^a   Barry, P H ^a   Fischer, T P ^b   De Moor, J M ^b   Ramirez, C J ^c   Mangasini, F ^d   Scarsi, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ISOTOPES; SEISMOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICANS; ETHIOPIA; HELIUM ISOTOPES; LOW-VELOCITY; MAGMATISMS; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; RIFT SYSTEMS; RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SOUTHERN TANZANIA; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; UPPER MANTLE;

VOLCANOES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOME; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MASS TRANSFER; PLUME; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEPHRA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING;

AFAR; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; KENYA; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; MOUNT RUNGWE; TANZANIA;

EID: 80655149514     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049589     Document Type: Article

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