Metasomatism of the shallow mantle beneath Yemen by the Afar plume - implications for mantle plumes, flood volcanism, and intraplate volcanism

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-434

  Baker, Joel ^a   Chazot, Gilles ^a   Menzies, Martin ^a   Thirlwall, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPES; THERMAL PLUMES; UNLOADING;

FLOOD VOLCANISMS; HYDROUS FLUIDS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PB ISOTOPE RATIOS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE;

FLOODS;

FLOOD VOLCANISM; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; MANTLE PLUME; METASOMATISM;

YEMEN;

EID: 84879885379     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0431:MOTSMB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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