Pyroxenite xenoliths from al ashaer volcano, syria: Constraints on the thermal state of the subcontinental arabian lithosphere

International Geology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 895-905

  Medaris, L G ^a   Syada, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE SOURCE; PYROXENITE; XENOLITH;

AL ASHER VOLCANO; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0343986507     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819909465177     Document Type: Article

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