Tectonic events, continental intraplate volcanism, and mantle plume activity in northern Arabia: Constraints from geochemistry and Ar-Ar dating of Syrian lavas

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Krienitz, M S ^a,b   Haase, K M ^c   Mezger, K ^d   Van Den Bogaard, P ^e   Thiemann, V ^d   Shaikh Mashail, M A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Afar; Intraplate volcanism; Mantle plume; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449206643     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002254     Document Type: Article

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