Volcanism and evolution of the African lithosphere /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Luigi Beccaluva, Gianluca Bianchini, Marjorie Wilson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boulder, Colo. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Geological Society of America,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
v, 331 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps (some col.) ;
Dimensions
28 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Special paper ;
Volume Designation
478
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references
CONTENTS NOTE
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Late Mesozoic to Quaternary intraplate magmatism and its relation to the Neoproterozoic lithosphere in NE Africa: new data from lower crustal and mantle xenoliths from the Bayuda volcanic field, Sudan / Friedrich Lucassen..., [et al.] -- Holocene opening directions along the axes of the Read Sea (Afar) and main Ethiopian rifts: an overview / V. Acocella, B. Abebe, and T. Korme -- The upper-mantle low velocity anomaly beneath Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania: constraints on the origin of the African superswell and plate versus plume models of mantle dynamics / Andrew A. Nyblade -- The Ethiopian Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading / Ian D. Bastow, Derek Keir, and Eve Daly -- Peridotite xenoliths from Ethiopia: inferences about mantle processes from plume to rift settings / Luigi Beccaluva ..., [et al.] -- Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the East African rift in Tanzania and its potential signatures in rift magmas / Sonja Aulbach -- Petrology and geochemistry of alkaline lava series, Kilimanjaro Tanzania: new constraints on petrogenetic processes / Philippe Nomotte ..., [et al.] -- Trace element distribution between coexisting aqueous fumarole condensates and natrocarbonatite lavas at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania / Alexander J. Teague ..., [et al.] -- Cameroon line alkaline magmatism (central Africa): a reappraisal / Emmanuel Nyonfang ..., [et al.] -- Mineralogical and geochemical fingerprints of mantle metasomatism beneath Nyos volcano (Cameroon volcanic line) / M.I. Teitchou ..., [et al.] -- Dolomitic volcanism in Zambia: Cr and K signatures and comparisons with other dolomitic melts from the mantle / D.K. Bailey and S. Kearns -- Post-Paleozoic magmatism in Angola and Namibia: a review / P. Comin-Chiaramonte..., [et al.] -- Is the African cratonic lithosphere wet or dry? / Ituo Katayama and Jun Korenaga -- New ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages and petrogenesis of the Massif d'Ambre volcano, northern Madagascar / C. Cucciniello ..., [et al.] -- Metasomatism versus host magma infiltration: a case study of Sal mantle xenoliths, Cape Verde Archipelago / Costanza Bonadiman ..., [et al.] -- Magmatic evidence for African mantle propagation into the southern Tyrrhenian backarc region / Teresa Trua, Michael P. Marani, and Fabiano Gamberi