New K-Ar ages of basalts from the Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic field in Jordan: Implications for the span and duration of the upper-mantle upwelling beneath the western Arabian plate

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-174

  Ilani, S ^a   Harlavan, Y ^a   Tarawneh, K ^a   Rabba, I ^a   Weinberger, R ^a   Ibrahim, K ^a   Peltz, S ^a   Steinitz, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basalts; Dead sea transform; Harrat ash shaam; Jordan; K Ar age determinations; Red sea

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

AGE DETERMINATION; DEAD SEA; HARRAT ASH SHAAM; JORDAN; RED SEA;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARABIAN PLATE; BASALT; CENOZOIC; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPWELLING; VOLCANISM;

HARRAT ASH SHAAM; JORDAN; RED SEA;

EID: 84879884449     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0171:NKAAOB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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