Evolution and origin of the Miocene intraplate basalts on the Aleppo Plateau, NW Syria

Chemical Geology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-171

  Ma, George S K ^a,b   Malpas, John ^b   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^c   Lo, Ching Hua ^d   Wang, Kuo Lung ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Xenophontos, Costas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Crustal contamination; Intraplate volcanism; Metasomatic vein; Re Os isotope

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; CONTAMINATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTHS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

AMPHIBOLE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; INTRAPLATE BASALTS; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; METASOMATIC VEIN; MIOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PHASE 2; RE-OS ISOTOPES; VOLCANICS;

MELTING;

AMPHIBOLE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASOMATISM; MIOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALEPPO; HALAB; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84870782730     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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