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Table of Contents - Special Paper 478Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphereedited by Luigi Beccaluva, Gianluca Bianchini, and Marjorie Wilson |
Preface and Acknowledgments | v | |
1. | 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, Gerhard Franz, Rolf L. Romer, and Peter Dulski |
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2. | Holocene opening directions along the axes of the Red Sea (Afar) and Main Ethiopian Rifts: An overview V. Acocella, B. Abebe, and T. Korme |
25 |
3. | The upper-mantle low-velocity anomaly beneath Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania: Constraints on the origin of the African superswell in eastern Africa and plate versus plume models of mantle dynamics Andrew A. Nyblade |
37 |
4. | The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): Probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading Ian D. Bastow, Derek Keir, and Eve Daly |
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5. | Peridotite xenoliths from Ethiopia: Inferences about mantle processes from plume to rift settings Luigi Beccaluva, Gianluca Bianchini, Robert M. Ellam, Claudio Natali, Alessandro Santato, Franca Siena, and Finlay M. Stuart |
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6. | Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the East African Rift in Tanzania and its potential signatures in rift magmas Sonja Aulbach, Roberta L. Rudnick, and William F. McDonough |
105 |
7. | Petrology and geochemistry of alkaline lava series, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: New constraints on petrogenetic processes Philippe Nonnotte, Mathieu Benoit, Bernard Le Gall, Christophe Hémond, Joël Rolet, Joseph Cotten, Pierre Brunet, and Edikafumeni Makoba |
127 |
8. | Trace-element distribution between coexisting aqueous fumarole condensates and natrocarbonatite lavas at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania Alexander J. Teague, Jacob Hanley, Terry M. Seward, and Frederik Reutten |
159 |
9. | Cameroon Line alkaline magmatism (central Africa): A reappraisal Emmanuel Njonfang, Alexandre Nono, Pierre Kamgang, Vincent Ngako, and Félix M. Tchoua |
173 |
10. | Mineralogical and geochemical fingerprints of mantle metasomatism beneath Nyos volcano (Cameroon volcanic line) M.I. Teitchou, M. Grégoire, R. Temdjim, R.T. Ghogomu, C. Ngwa, and F.T. Aka |
193 |
11. | Dolomitic volcanism in Zambia: Cr and K signatures and comparisons with other dolomitic melts from the mantle D.K. Bailey and S. Kearns |
211 |
12. | Post-Paleozoic magmatism in Angola and Namibia: A review P. Comin-Chiaramonti, A. De Min, V.A.V. Girardi, and E. Ruberti |
223 |
13. | Is the African cratonic lithosphere wet or dry? Ikuo Katayama and Jun Korenaga |
249 |
14. | New 40Ar-39Ar ages and petrogenesis of the Massif d'Ambre volcano, northern Madagascar C. Cucciniello, L. Melluso, V. Morra, M. Storey, I. Rocco, L. Franciosi, C. Grifa, C.M. Petrone, and M. Vincent |
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15. | Metasomatism versus host magma infiltration: A case study of Sal mantle xenoliths, Cape Verde Archipelago Costanza Bonadiman, Massimo Coltorti, Luigi Beccaluva, William L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, and Franca Siena |
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16. | Magmatic evidence for African mantle propagation into the southern Tyrrhenian backarc region Teresa Trua, Michael P. Marani, and Fabiano Gamberi |
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