Open System evolution of peralkaline trachyte and phonolite from the Suswa volcano, Kenya rift

Lithos

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-104

  White, John Charles ^a   Espejel García, Vanessa V ^b,d   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^b   Omenda, Peter ^c  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central Kenya Peralkaline Province; Phonolite; Trachyte

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CALDERA; FELDSPAR; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; PERALKALINE ROCK; PHONOLITE; SYENITE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACHYTE; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT;

EID: 84867464929     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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