PETROGENESIS OF QUATERNARY INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM, SANA'A, YEMEN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLUME-LITHOSPHERE INTERACTION AND POLYBARIC MELT HYBRIDIZATION

J A Baker, M A Menzies, M F Thirlwall, C G Macpherson

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1359-1390
Number of pages32
JournalJournal of Petrology
Volume38
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1997

Keywords

  • Yemen
  • intraplate volcanism
  • Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes
  • assimilation
  • Afar plume
  • partial melting
  • ALKALI BASALT PROVINCE
  • ARABIAN-NUBIAN SHIELD
  • TRACE-ELEMENT
  • SAUDI-ARABIA
  • RED-SEA
  • CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE
  • MANTLE SOURCES
  • FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION
  • ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS
  • CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION

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