Lithospheric petrology beneath the northern part of the Arabian Plate in Syria: Evidence from xenoliths in alkali basalts

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-168

  Nasir, Sobhi ^a   Safarjalani, Abdulrahman ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; ARABIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; PETROLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0034060631     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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