Petrology and geochemistry of lavas from Sal Island: Implications for the variability of the Cape Verde magmatism

Comunicacoes Geologicas

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-62

  Torres, P ^a   Silva, L C ^a,b   Munha J ^b   Caldeira, R ^a,b,c   Mata, J ^b   Tassinari, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c U Geologia e Cartografia Geológica do Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia LNEG   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cape Verde archipelago; EM1; HIMU; Mantle plume; Sal Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871668802     PISSN: 0873948X     EISSN: 1647581X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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