Magmatism of the Kenya Rift Valley: a review
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Magmatism of the Kenya Rift Valley: a review
Tertiary±Recent magmatism in the Kenya Rift Valley was initiated c. 35Ma, in the northern part of Kenya. Initiation of magmatism then migrated southwards, reaching northern Tanzania by 5±8Ma. This progressionwas accompaniedby a change in the nature of the lithosphere, from rocks of the Panafrican Mozambique mobile belt through reworked craton margin to rigid, Archaean craton. Magma volumes and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0263-5933,1473-7116
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000420