Plume-related HIMU and EMI enriched mantle signatures in Oligo-Miocene Turkana volcanism and implications for the geodynamics of the east African superplume

Sara Mana1, Yue Cai2,3, Stephen Cox3, Catherine C Beck4, Craig S Feibel5, Sidney R Hemming3 and Steven L Goldstein3, (1)Salem State University, Salem, United States, (2)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing, China, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (4)Hamilton College, Geosciences, Clinton, NY, United States, (5)Rutgers University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States