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Chemical composition and age of igneous rocks from the Sierra Leone Rise

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Petrographic and petrochemical study of igneous rocks from the Sierra Leone Rise indicate that trachytes, trachyandesites, trachybasalts, and tuffs derived from them occur there.

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K-Ar age of these rocks is 36-43 million years. Alkalic igneous activity is associated with activity of hot spots.

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