Cenozoic alkaline volcanism of the Atakor massif, Hoggar, Algeria

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 418, Issue , 2007, Pages 321-340

  Azzouni Sekkal, Abla ^a   Bonin, Bernard ^b   Benhallou, Amel ^c   Yahiaoui, Rachid ^d   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^d Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieure et de la Recerche Scientifique   (Algeria)

^e ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Hoggar (Algeria); Phonolite trachyte; Upper mantle; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; GRANITE; SILICA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ALGERIA; ALKALI BASALT; PHONOLITE-TRACHYTE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALKALI BASALT; AMPHIBOLE; ASTHENOSPHERE; BIOTITE; CENOZOIC; DECOMPRESSION; FAULT ZONE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; QUARTZ; REACTIVATION; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

ALGERIA; HOGGAR;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 34447559189     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(16)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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