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Sr-Nd isotopic disequilibrium of clinopyroxenes from the ultrapotassic effusive rocks of the East African rift system: Mixing of melts and source heterogeneity

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Original Russian Text © N.S. Muravyeva, B.V. Belyatsky, V.G. Senin, 2013, published in Geokhimiya, 2013, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 562–569.

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Muravyeva, N.S., Belyatsky, B.V. & Senin, V.G. Sr-Nd isotopic disequilibrium of clinopyroxenes from the ultrapotassic effusive rocks of the East African rift system: Mixing of melts and source heterogeneity. Geochem. Int. 51, 505–512 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702913060049

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