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A new mantle xenolith locality from southern Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

L. Morten ,
A. M. DeFrancesco ,
F. F. Bonavia ,
Gi. Haileselassie ,
G. M. Bargossi  and
M. Bondi
L. Morten
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata de Rende (CS), Italy
A. M. DeFrancesco
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata de Rende (CS), Italy
F. F. Bonavia
Affiliation:
Department of Geology Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia
Gi. Haileselassie
Affiliation:
Department of Geology Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia
G. M. Bargossi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche, Università di Bologna, Piazza di Porta S. Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
M. Bondi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche, Università di Bologna, Piazza di Porta S. Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Keywords

mantle-derived xenolithsbasanitic and nephelinitic host rocksSidamo RegionSouthern Ethiopia
Type
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Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 56 , Issue 384 , September 1992 , pp. 422 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1992

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