The Euphrates volcanic field, northeastern Syria: Petrogenesis of Cenozoic basanites and alkali basalts

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 685-701

  Lease, Nancy A ^a,b   Abdel Rahman, Abdel Fattah M ^a,b  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Basanite; Bitlis suture; Euphrates graben; Nd Sr isotopes; Northeastern Syria; Olivine; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; MELTING; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLOGY; SILICA; SILICON; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

BASANITE; BITLIS SUTURE; EUPHRATES; ND-SR ISOTOPES; NORTHEASTERN SYRIA; PETROGENESIS;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

BASALT; BASANITE; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SUTURE ZONE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ASIA; EUPHRATES BASIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 54749151497     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004901     Document Type: Article

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