Petrological and geochemical constraints on the composition of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Syrian rift, northern part of the Arabian plate

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 293, Issue , 2008, Pages 223-251

  Ismail, M ^a   Delpech, Guillaume ^b   Cottin, J Y ^a   Gregoire M ^c   Moine, B N ^a   Bilal, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ARABIAN PLATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HARZBURGITE; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PETROLOGY; WEHRLITE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 38349177817     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP293.11     Document Type: Article

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