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Alkali basalt from Arabian Plate

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 δ7Li 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.
 
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