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Alkali basalt from Asia

China
 
  • Fujian
    • Sanming
      • Mingxi County
Ho, K-S., Chen, J-C., Lo, C-H., Zhao, H-L. (2003) 40Arā€“39Ar dating and geochemical characteristics of late Cenozoic basaltic rocks from the Zhejiangā€“Fujian region, SE China: eruption ages, magma evolution and petrogenesis. Chemical Geology, 197(1-4), 287-318.
Daogong, C., Jianbo, Z. (1992) Nd, Sr, Pb Isotopes and K-Ar Age of Basaltic Rocks in Longhai and Mingxi, Fujian Province. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 4, 324-331.
FAN, Q., & HOOPER, P. R. (1991). The Cenozoic basaltic rocks of eastern China: petrology and chemical composition. Journal of petrology, 32(4), 765-810.
  • Hebei
    • Zhangjiakou
      • Zhangbei County
        • Wanquan District
Zheng, J. P., Griffin, W. L., Qi, L., O'reilly, S. Y., Sun, M., Zheng, S., ... & Tang, H. Y. (2009). Age and composition of granulite and pyroxenite xenoliths in Hannuoba basalts reflect Paleogene underplating beneath the North China Craton. Chemical Geology, 264(1-4), 266-280.
Brizi, E., Nazzareni, S., Princivalle, F., & Zanazzi, P. F. (2003). Clinopyroxenes from mantle-related xenocrysts in alkaline basalts from Hannuoba (China): augiteā€“pigeonite exsolutions and their thermal significance. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 145(5), 578-584.
Song, Y., Frey, F. A., & Zhi, X. (1990). Isotopic characteristics of Hannuoba basalts, eastern China: implications for their petrogenesis and the composition of subcontinental mantle. Chemical Geology, 88(1-2), 35-52.
Zhi, X., Song, Y., Frey, F. A., Feng, J., & Zhai, M. (1990). Geochemistry of Hannuoba basalts, eastern China: constraints on the origin of continental alkalic and tholeiitic basalt. Chemical Geology, 88(1-2), 1-33.
Song, Y., & Frey, F. A. (1989). Geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths in basalt from Hannuoba, eastern China: implications for subcontinental mantle heterogeneity. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53(1), 97-113.
  • Henan
    • Nanyang
      • Fangcheng County
Wang, Hong, Yong Tang, Yu-Sheng Xu, Hui Zhang, Zheng-Hang Lv, Shan-Xian Qin, and Ying-Wei Song. (2021) "Textures and Chemical Compositions of Nb-Bearing Minerals and Nb Mineralization in the Shuangshan Nepheline Syenite Pluton, East Qinling, China" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111163
  • Inner Mongolia
    • Ulanqab City (Wulanchabu Prefecture)
      • Jining District
Zhang, W. H., Zhang, H. F., Fan, W. M., Han, B. F., & Zhou, M. F. (2012). The genesis of Cenozoic basalts from the Jining area, northern China: Srā€“Ndā€“Pbā€“Hf isotope evidence. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 61, 128-142.
Ho, K. S., Liu, Y., Ju-Chin, C., Chen-Feng, Y., & Yang, H. J. (2011). Geochemical characteristics of Cenozoic Jining basalts of the western North China Craton: evidence for the role of the lower crust, lithosphere, and asthenosphere in petrogenesis. TAO: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 22(1), 1.
  • Liaoning
    • Dandong
      • Kuandian County
Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Graham, D., Su, S., & Deng, J. (2007). Geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts and mantle xenoliths in Northeast China. Lithos, 96(1-2), 108-126.
Liu, C. Q., Masuda, A., & Xie, G. H. (1992). Isotope and trace-element geochemistry of alkali basalts and associated megacrysts from the Huangyishan volcano, Kuandian, Liaoning, NE China. Chemical geology, 97(3-4), 219-231.
FAN, Q., & HOOPER, P. R. (1991). The Cenozoic basaltic rocks of eastern China: petrology and chemical composition. Journal of petrology, 32(4), 765-810.
GUANG-HONG, X. I. E., JUN-WEN, W. A. N. G., KE-JIAN, W. E. I., & CONG-QIANG, L. I. U. (1990). REE and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic geochemistry of Huangyishan basalt, Kuandian, Liaoning, northeast China. Science in China Series B-Chemistry, Life Sciences & Earth Sciences, 33(6), 747-756.
  • Sichuan
    • Guangyuan
      • Wangcang County
Bai, G. & Yuan, Z. (1985). Carbonatites and related mineral resources. Bull. Inst. Miner. Deposits Chin. Acad. Geol. Sci., 1-193.
  • Yunnan
    • Chuxiong
      • Yuanmou County
Yongbei, Z., Guilan, W., Jianfeng, N., Chongshun, Z., Chengyan, X., Jiaxiang, Q., & Hao, W. (2003). Isotopic ages of the carbonatitic volcanic rocks in the Kunyang rift zone in central Yunnan, China. Acta Geologica Sinicaā€English Edition, 77(2), 204-211.
Zhang, Y., Sun, S., Xu, C., Wang, H., Zhao, C., & Zhu, Z. (2003). Carbonatitic Volcanic Genesis of Hetaoqing Feā€Cu Deposit in Central Yunnan, China. Resource Geology, 53, 1-13.
Chengyan, Z. Y. W. H. X., & Qirong, W. (1996). DISCOVERY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CARBONATITE OF KUNYANG GROUP IN THE CENTRAL OF YUNNAN [J]. GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION, 15, 14-18.
Bai, G. & Yuan, Z. (1985). Carbonatites and related mineral resources. Bull. Inst. Miner. Deposits Chin. Acad. Geol. Sci., 13, 1-193.
India
 
  • Gujarat
    • Kutch District
      • Nakhatrana Taluka
Kshirsagar, P. V., Sheth, H. C., & Shaikh, B. (2011). Mafic alkalic magmatism in central Kachchh, India: a monogenetic volcanic field in the northwestern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, 73(5), 595-612.
Kshirsagar, P. V., Sheth, H. C., & Shaikh, B. (2011). Mafic alkalic magmatism in central Kachchh, India: a monogenetic volcanic field in the northwestern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, 73(5), 595-612.
Guha, D., Das, S., Srikarni, C., & Chakraborty, S. K. (2005). Alkali basalt of Kachchh: its implication in the tectonic framework of Mesozoic of western India. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 66(5), 599.
Karmalkar, N. R., Rege, S., Griffin, W. L., & O'Reilly, S. Y. (2005). Alkaline magmatism from Kutch, NW India: implications for plumeā€“lithosphere interaction. Lithos, 81(1-4), 101-119.
Guha, D., Das, S., Srikarni, C., & Chakraborty, S. K. (2005). Alkali basalt of Kachchh: its implication in the tectonic framework of Mesozoic of western India. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 66(5), 599.
Karmalkar, N. R., Rege, S., Griffin, W. L., & O'Reilly, S. Y. (2005). Alkaline magmatism from Kutch, NW India: implications for plumeā€“lithosphere interaction. Lithos, 81(1-4), 101-119.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Krishnamurthy, P., Pande, K., Gopalan, K., & Macdougall, J. D. (1999). Mineralogical and chemical studies on alkaline basaltic rocks of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Memoirs-Geological Society of India, (2), 757-784.
Krishnamurthy, P., Pande, K., Gopalan, K., & Macdougall, J. D. (1999). Mineralogical and chemical studies on alkaline basaltic rocks of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Memoirs-Geological Society of India, (2), 757-784.
  • Rajasthan
    • Jodhpur Division
      • Barmer District
Maheshwari, A., Coltorti, M., Rajput, S. K., & Verma, M. (2009). Geochemical characteristics, discrimination and petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic peralkaline granites, Barmer District, SW Rajasthan, India. International Geology Review, 51(12), 1103-1120.
Singh, A. K., & Vallinayagam, G. (2009). Radioactive element distribution and rare-metal mineralization in anorogenic acid volcano-plutonic rocks of the Neoproterozoic Malani Felsic Province, Western Peninsular India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 73(6), 837-853.
Singh, A. K., Singh, R. B., & Vallinayagam, G. (2006). Anorogenic Acid Volcanic rocks in the Kundal area of the Malani Igneous Suite, Northwestern India: geochemical and petrogenetic studies. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 27(4), 544-557.
Bhushan, S. K., & Chittora, V. K. (1999). Late Proterozoic bimodal volcanic assemblage of Siwana subsidence structure, Western Rajasthan, India. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 53, 433-452.
Dhar, S., Frei, R., Kramers, J. D., Nagler, T. F., & Kochhar, N. (1996). Sr, Pb and Nd isotope studies and their bearing on the petrogenesis of the Jalor and Siwana complexes, Rajasthan, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 48(2), 151-160.
Eby, G. N., & Kochhar, N. (1990). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Malani igneous suite, North Peninsular India. J. Geol. Soc. India, 36(2), 109-130.
Bhushan, S.K. 2000 Neoproterozoic magmatism of the Malani Igneous Suite western Rajasthan, Indian. Geological Survey of India, Special Publications, 55, 319-332.
Ray, J. S., & Ramesh, R. (1999). Evolution of carbonatite complexes of the Deccan flood basalt province: stable carbon and oxygen isotopic constraints. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 104(B12), 29471-29483.
Chandrasekaran, V., & Srivastava, R. K. (1992). Geochemistry of the Sarnu-Dandali carbonatites, District Barmer, Rajasthan, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 39(4), 321-328.
Chandrasekaran, V., Srivastava, R. K., & Chawade, M. P. (1990). Geochemistry of the alkaline rocks of Sarnu-Dandali area, district Barmer, Rajasthan, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 36(4), 365-382.
Chandrasekaran, V., & Chawade, M. P. (1990). Carbonatites of Barmer district, Rajasthan. Indian Minerals, 44(4), 315-324.
Srivastava, R. K. (1989). Alkaline and peralkaline rocks of Rajasthan. Mem. Geol. Soc. India, 15, 3-24.
      • Sirohi district
        • Mundwara
Subrahmanyam, N. P., & Leelanandam, C. (1991). Geochemistry and petrology of the cumulophyric layered suite of rocks from the Toa pluton of the Mundwara alkali igneous complex, Rajasthan. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 38(4), 397-411.
Iran
 
  • East Azerbaijan Province
    • Ahar County
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
Alberti, A., Cominā€Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Fioriti, R., Sinigoi, S. (1981) Crystal fractionation in the eastern Azerbaijan (Iran) Lower Tertiary shoshonitic suite. Neues Jahrbuch fĆ¼r Mineralogie Monatshefte, 35-48.
Riou, R., Dupuy, C., Dostal, J. (1981) Geochemistry of coexisting alkaline and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from northern Azerbaijan (NW Iran). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 11(2-4), 253-275.
Alberti, A., Cominā€Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Sinigoi, S., Zerbi, M. (1979) Upper Eocene to early Oligocene shoshonitic volcanism in eastern Azerbaijan. Neues Jahrb. Mineral Abh, 134, 248-264.
Alberti, A. A., Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Nicoletti, M., Petrucciani, C., & Sinigoi, S. (1976). Geochronology of the Eastern Azerbaijan volcanic plateau (northwest Iran). Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol, 32(2), 579-589.
Iraq
 
  • Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Jassim, S. Z., Suk, M., & Waldhausrova, J. (2006). Magmatism and metamorphism in the Zagros Suture. Geology of Iraq. Dolin, Prague and Moravian Museum, Brno, 212-231.
Israel
 
  • Haifa District
    • Mount Carmel
Griffin, W. L., Gain, S. E. M., Adams, D. T., Huang, J. X., Saunders, M., Toledo, V., ... & Oā€™Reilly, S. Y. (2016). First terrestrial occurrence of tistarite (Ti2O3): Ultra-low oxygen fugacity in the upper mantle beneath Mount Carmel, Israel. Geology, 44(10), 815-818.
Japan
 
  • Osaka Prefecture
    • Sennan District
Arai, Shoji, Akihiro Tamura, Makoto Miura, and Kazuma Seike. (2018) "Abyssal Peridotite as a Component of Forearc Mantle: Inference from a New Mantle Xenolith Suite of Bankawa in the Southwest Japan Arc" Minerals 8, no. 11: 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8110540
Laos
 
  • Bokeo Province
    • Houayxay District
Sutherland, F. L., Bosshart, G., Fanning, C. M., Hoskin, P. W. O., & Coenraads, R. R. (2002). Sapphire crystallization, age and origin, Ban Huai Sai, Laos: age based on zircon inclusions. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 20(7), 841-849.
Middle East
 
  • Harrat al-Sham Volcanic field
Weinstein, Y., Navon, O., Altherr, R., & Stein, M. (2006). The role of lithospheric mantle heterogeneity in the generation of Plio-Pleistocene alkali basaltic suites from NW Harrat Ash Shaam (Israel). Journal of Petrology, 47(5), 1017-1050.
Stein, M., Garfunkel, Z., & Jagoutz, E. (1993). Chronothermometry of peridotitic and pyroxenitic xenoliths: implications for the thermal evolution of the Arabian lithosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57(6), 1325-1337.
Mongolia
 
  • Khovd Province
    • Myangad District
      • Khaldzan Buragtag massif
Kovalenko, V. I., Tsaryeva, G. M., Goreglyad, A. V., Yarmolyuk, V. V., Troitsky, V. A., Hervig, R. L., & Farmer, G. (1995). The peralkaline granite-related Khaldzan-Buregtey rare metal (Zr, Nb, REE) deposit, western Mongolia. Economic Geology, 90(3), 530-547.
North Korea
 
  • Ryanggang Province
    • Samjiyon City
Woolley, A.R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 4
Russia
 
  • Buryatia
    • Dzhida Basin
      • Zakamensk District
Kislov, Evgeniy V., Anna V. Aseeva, Vladislav V. Vanteev, Anton Y. Sinyov, and Olga A. Eliseeva. (2022) "Naryn-Gol Creek Sapphire Placer Deposit, Buryatia, Russia" Minerals 12, no. 5: 509. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050509
Saudi Arabia
 
  • 'Asir Region
du Bray, E. A., Stoeser, D. B., & McKee, E. H. (1991). Age and petrology of the Tertiary As Sarat volcanic field, southwestern Saudi Arabia. Tectonophysics, 198(2-4), 155-180.
Brown, G. F., Schmidt, D. L., & Huffman Jr, A. C. (1989). Geology of the Arabian Peninsula
shield area of western Saudi Arabia (No. 560-A). US Geological Survey. 1-188.
  • Jazan Region
Buikin, A. I., Trieloff, M., Korochantseva, E. V., Hopp, J., Kaliwoda, M., Meyer, H. P., & Altherr, R. (2010). Distribution of mantle and atmospheric argon in mantle xenoliths from the Western Arabian Peninsula: constraints on timing and composition of metasomatizing agents in the lithospheric mantle. Journal of Petrology, 51(12), 2547-2570.
Coleman, R. G., RG, C., & CE, H. (1977). THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF SOUTHWEST SAUDI ARABIA AND THE OPENING OF THE RED SEA. Mineral Resorces Bulletin, Directorate General of Mineral Resources, Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, 22, D1-30.
  • Medina Region
Buikin, A. I., Trieloff, M., Korochantseva, E. V., Hopp, J., Kaliwoda, M., Meyer, H. P., & Altherr, R. (2010). Distribution of mantle and atmospheric argon in mantle xenoliths from the Western Arabian Peninsula: constraints on timing and composition of metasomatizing agents in the lithospheric mantle. Journal of Petrology, 51(12), 2547-2570.
Kaliwoda, M., Ludwig, T., & Altherr, R. (2008). A new SIMS study of Li, Be, B and Ī“7Li in mantle xenoliths from Harrat Uwayrid (Saudi Arabia). Lithos, 106(3-4), 261-279.
Grainger, D. J., & Hanif, M. R. (1989). Geologic map of the Shaghab quadrangle, sheet 27B, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM -109C (with Explanation). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
    • Ithnayn and Kura Lava Fields
Roobol, M. J., & Camp, V. E. (1991). Geological map of the Cenozoic lava fields of Harrats Khayba. Ithnayen and Kurs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-131 (and Explanatory Notes), Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Baker, P. E., Brosset, R., Gass, I. G., & Neary, C. R. (1973). Jebel al Abyad: a recent alkalic volcanic complex in western Saudi Arabia. Lithos, 6(3), 291-314.
  • Northern Borders Region
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
Brown, G. F., Schmidt, D. L., & Huffman Jr, A. C. (1989). Geology of the Arabian Peninsula
shield area of western Saudi Arabia (No. 560-A). US Geological Survey. 1-188.
Syria
 
  • Aleppo Governorate
    • Azaz District
Ma, G. S. K., Malpas, J., Suzuki, K., Lo, C. H., Wang, K. L., Iizuka, Y., & Xenophontos, C. (2013). Evolution and origin of the Miocene intraplate basalts on the Aleppo Plateau, NW Syria. Chemical Geology, 335, 149-171.
Krienitz, M. S., Haase, K. M., Mezger, K., Eckardt, V., & Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2006). Magma genesis and crustal contamination of continental intraplate lavas in northwestern Syria. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 151(6), 698-716.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences. In Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous rocks. Cambridge University Press.
  • Idlib Governorate
Ma, G. S. K., Malpas, J., Xenophontos, C., & Chan, G. H. N. (2011). Petrogenesis of latest Mioceneā€“Quaternary continental intraplate volcanism along the northern Dead Sea Fault System (Al Ghabā€“Homs Volcanic Field), western Syria: evidence for lithosphereā€“asthenosphere interaction. Journal of Petrology, 52(2), 401-430.
Taiwan
 
  • New Taipei City
    • Xindian District
Chen, C. H., Chung, S. H., Hwang, H. H., Chen, C. H., & Chung, S. L. (2001). Petrology and geochemistry of Neogene continental basalts and related rocks in northern Taiwan (III): Alkali basalts and tholeiites from Shiting-Yinko area. Western Pacific Earth Sciences, 1(1), 19-46.
Thailand
 
  • Phichit Province
    • Chatree Gold Mine
Vivatpinyo, Jensarin, Charusiri, Punya, Sutthirat, Chakkaphan (n.d.) Volcanic Rocks from Q-Prospect, Chatree Gold Deposit, Phichit Province, North Central Thailand: Indicators of Ancient Subduction. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 39 (1) 325-338 doi:10.1007/s13369-013-0839-z
Turkey
 
  • Trabzon Province
Abdioglu, E. (2012). Mineralogy and chemistry of zeolites and associated minerals in Tertiary alkaline volcanics from the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey. Neues Jahrbuch fĆ¼r Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 189(1), 35-47.
Aydin, F., Thompson, R. M., Karsli, O., Uchida, H., Burt, J. B., & Downs, R. T. (2009). C2/c pyroxene phenocrysts from three potassic series in the Neogene alkaline volcanics, NE Turkey: their crystal chemistry with petrogenetic significance as an indicator of Pā€“T conditions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 158(1), 131-147.
Aydin, F., Karsli, O., & Chen, B. (2008). Petrogenesis of the Neogene alkaline volcanics with implications for post-collisional lithospheric thinning of the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey. Lithos, 104(1-4), 249-266.
Arslan, M. E. H. M. E. T., TĆ¼ysĆ¼z, N., Korkmaz, S., & Kurt, H. (1997). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the eastern Pontide volcanic rocks, Northeast Turkey. Chemie der Erde, 57, 157-188.
 
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