The nature of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Arabian Shield: Mantle xenoliths from southern Syria

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Nasir, Sobhi ^a   Rollinson, Hugh ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harrat As Shaam; Mantle xenoliths; Nd isotopes; Sub continental lithosphere; Syria

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CENOZOIC; CLINOPYROXENE; FELSIC ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SHAAM VOLCANIC FIELD; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 67650236110     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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