Earliest magmatism in Ethiopia: Evidence for two mantle plumes in one flood basalt province

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 923-926

  George, Rhiannon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MELTING;

ERUPTION RATES; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE PLUME; SIMPLE MODELING; TANZANIA; THERMAL INFLUENCE; VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84879879128     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0923:EMIEEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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