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Biotite from Arabian Plate

Djibouti
 
  • Tadjourah Region
Deniel, C., Vidal, P., Coulon, C., Vellutini, P. J., & Piguet, P. (1994). Temporal evolution of mantle sources during continental rifting: the volcanism of Djibouti (Afar). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 99(B2), 2853-2869. doi.org/10.1029/93JB02576
Gadalia, A. L. A. N., & Varet, J. (1983). Les rhyolites miocènes de l'Est de l'Afar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7(2), 139-153. doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XXV.2.139
Varet, J. (1978). Geology of central and southern Afar:(Ethiopia and Djibouti Republic). Ed. du Centre nationale de la recherche scient.. (Explanation accompanying Geological map of central and southern Afar. 1:500000).
Richard, O. 1985. Les formations volcaniques. In: Notice explicative. Carte Geologique de la Republique de Djibouti a 1:100000. Tadjoura. Editions de l'ORSTOM. Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpment en Cooperation. Paris, 9-37.
Ethiopia
 
  • Afar Region
    • Kilbet Rasu
Barberi, F., Chedeville, E., Faure, H., Marinelli, G., Santacroce, R., Tazieff, H., & Varet, J. (1973). Geology of Northern Afar (Ethiopia). (with a geological map, scale 1:500000). Revue de Geographie Physique et de Geologie Dynamique, Paris, 15, 443-489.
Barberi, F., Borsi, S., Ferrara, G., Marinelli, G., Santacroce, R., Tazieff, H., & Varet, J. (1972). Evolution of the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia) in light of radiometric age determinations. The Journal of Geology, 80(6), 720-729. doi.org/10.1086/627797
Jordan
 
  • Tafilah Governorate
Blake, G. S., & Ionides, M. G. (1939). Report on the Water Recources of Transjordan and their Development, Incorporating a Report on Geology, Soils an Minerals and Hydro-geological Correlation. London (Crown Agents for the Colonies).
Oman
 
  • Muscat Governorate
Nasir, S., Al-Sayigh, A., Alharthy, A., & Al-Lazki, A. (2006). Geochemistry and petrology of Tertiary volcanic rocks and related ultramafic xenoliths from the central and eastern Oman Mountains. Lithos, 90(3-4), 249-270.
Al-Harthy, M. S., Coleman, R. G., Hughes-Clarke, M. W., & Hanna, S. S. (1991). Tertiary basaltic intrusions in the Central Oman Mountains. In Ophiolite Genesis and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere (pp. 675-682). Springer, Dordrecht.
    • Saih Hatat
Jour.Met.Geo 19:233–248 (2001)
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.
Greenwood, W. R. (1979). Geologic map of the An Nimas quadrangle, sheet 19/42C, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geologic Map GM-37 (with Explanation). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Al-Koulak, M.Z.M.I. 1985. Geology and petrology of the Al Ajardah ring complex, and Bani Amr syenites of the southern Arabian Shield. PhD thesis, Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University.
  • Al-Qassim Region
    • Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah)
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
  • Ha'il Region
Stoeser, D. B. (1986). Distribution and tectonic setting of plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 4, 21-46.
Quick, J. E. (1983). Reconnaissance geology of the Ghazzalah quadrangle, sheet 26/41 A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. US Geological Survey, Open-File Report 83-331.
Aleinikoff, J. N., & Stoeser, D. B. (1988). Zircon morphology and U-Pb geochronology of seven metaluminous and peralkaline post-orogenic granite complexes of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (No. 88-604). US Geological Survey.
Stuckless, J. S., Hedge, C. E., Wenner, D. B., & Nkomo, I. T. (1985). Isotopic studies of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 85-126.
Harris, N. B. W. (1985). Alkaline complexes from the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 83-88.
du Bray, E.A. & Stoeser, D.B. 1985. Reconnaisance Geology of the Al Hufayr Quadrangle, Sheet 27/41A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-14.
Stuckless, J. S., Hedge, C. E., Wenner, D. B., & Nkomo, I. T. (1985). Isotopic studies of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 85-126.
Quick, J. E. (1983). Reconnaissance geology of the Ghazzalah quadrangle, sheet 26/41 A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. US Geological Survey, Open-File Report 83-331.
Kellogg, K. S. (1984). Reconnaissance Geology of the Rak Quadrangle, 27/42 C, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 84-374.
Irvine, T. N. J., & Baragar, W. R. A. (1971). A guide to the chemical classification of the common volcanic rocks. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 8(5), 523-548.
du Bray, E.A. & Stoeser, D.B. 1985. Reconnaisance Geology of the Al Hufayr Quadrangle, Sheet 27/41A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-14.
  • Mecca Region
Surour, A. A., Harbi, H. M., & Ahmed, A. H. (2014). The Bi’r Tawilah deposit, central western Saudi Arabia: Supergene enrichment of a Pan-African epithermal gold mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 89, 149-163.
Stoeser, D. B. (1986). Distribution and tectonic setting of plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 4, 21-46.
Stoeser, D. B. (1986). Distribution and tectonic setting of plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 4, 21-46.
Al-Muallem, M.S. & Smith, J.W. 1987. Geologic Map of the Ar Rawdah Quadrangle, Sheet 21F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-85C (and Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Al-Muallem, M.S. & Smith, J.W. 1987. Geologic Map of the Ar Rawdah Quadrangle, Sheet 21F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-85C (and Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
  • Medina Region
Faheha, A. A., Hamidalddin, S. Q., Al-Turkestany, N. A., & Ibraheim, N. M. (2012). Concentrations Of Natural And Man-Made Radioactivity Of Surface Soil In Al-Madinh Al-Monawarah, Western Province of Saudi Arabia. Isotope and Radiation Research, 44(2), 495-504.
Kemp, J. (1981). Geologic map of the Wadi al Ays quadrangle, sheet 25C, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geologic Map GM-53C (with Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Jackson, N. J., Drysdall, A. R., & Stoeser, D. B. (1985). Alkali granite-related Nb-Zr-REE-U-Th mineralization in the Arabian shield. In High heat production (HHP) granites, hydrothermal circulation and ore genesis. Conference (pp. 479-487).
Kemp, J., Gros, Y., & Prian, J. P. (1982). Geologic Map of the Mahd adh Dhahab Quadrangle. Sheet 23E, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources Geologic Map, GM-64C, Scale, 1(250), 000.
Aleinikoff, J. N., & Stoeser, D. B. (1988). Zircon morphology and U-Pb geochronology of seven metaluminous and peralkaline post-orogenic granite complexes of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (No. 88-604). US Geological Survey.
Abuamarah, Bassam A., Fahad Alshehri, Mokhles K. Azer, and Paul D. Asimow. (2023) "Loveringite from the Khamal Layered Mafic Intrusion: The First Occurrence in the Arabian Shield, Northwest Saudi Arabia" Minerals 13, no. 2: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020172
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Drysdall, A. R., Jackson, N. J., Ramsay, C. R., Douch, C. J., & Hackett, D. (1984). Rare element mineralization related to Precambrian alkali granites in the Arabian Shield. Economic Geology, 79(6), 1366-1377.
  • Najran Region
Aleinikoff, J. N., & Stoeser, D. B. (1988). Zircon morphology and U-Pb geochronology of seven metaluminous and peralkaline post-orogenic granite complexes of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (No. 88-604). US Geological Survey.
Greenwood, W. R. (1980). Reconnaissance geology of the Wadi Wassat quadrangle, sheet 18/44 C. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-109C (with Explanatory notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Sable, E.G. 1985. Geologic Map of the Najran Quadrangle, Sheet 17G, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-78A (with Explanatory notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
  • Riyadh Region
Thieme, J. (1988). Geologic map of the Jabal Khida quadrangle, sheet 21 G, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-90C (with Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Stoeser, D. B. (1986). Distribution and tectonic setting of plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 4, 21-46.
Stoeser, D. B., Jackson, N. J., Ramsay, C. R., Drysdall, A. R., du Bray, E. A., & Douch, C. J. (1986). Map of felsic plutonic rocks in the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:1000000 (2 sheets). J. Afr. Earth Sci., 4.
Letalenet, J. (1979). Geologic map of the Afif quadrangle, sheet 23F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources Geoscience Map GM C, 47, 20.
Pellaton, C. 1985. Geologic map of the Miskah quadrangle, sheet 24F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-99C (and Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
  • Tabuk Region
Clark, M.D. 1987. Geological Map of the Al Bad' Quadrangle, Sheet 28A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-81C (with Explanation). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
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
Harris, N. B. W., & Marriner, G. F. (1980). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of a peralkaline granite complex from the Midian Mountains, Saudi Arabia. Lithos, 13(4), 325-337.
Clark, M.D. 1987. Geological Map of the Al Bad' Quadrangle, Sheet 28A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-81C (with Explanation). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
    • Midyan
Atencio, D., Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Ferron, J.T.M.M., Hoshino, M., Moriyama, T., Watanabe, Y., Miyawaki, R., Coutinho, J.M.V., Andrade, M.B., Domanik, K., Chukanov, N.V., Momma, K., Hirano, H., Tsunematsu, M. (2015): Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780.
Küster, D. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 68-86.
Syria
 
  • As-Suwayda Governorate
Al-Safarjalani, A., Nasir, S., Fockenberg, T., & Massonne, H. J. (2009). Chemical composition of crustal xenoliths from southwestern Syria: characterization of the upper part of the lower crust beneath the Arabian Plate. Geochemistry, 69(4), 359-375.
Nasir, S., & Rollinson, H. (2009). The nature of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Arabian Shield: Mantle xenoliths from southern Syria. Precambrian Research, 172(3-4), 323-333.
Krienitz, M. S., Haase, K. M., Mezger, K., & Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2007). Magma genesis and mantle dynamics at the Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field (southern Syria). Journal of Petrology, 48(8), 1513-1542.
Lustrino, M., & Sharkov, E. (2006). Neogene volcanic activity of western Syria and its relationship with Arabian plate kinematics. Journal of Geodynamics, 42(4-5), 115-139.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Mahfoud, R. F., & Beck, J. N. (1995). Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance of ultramafic inclusions and basanite from southern Syria. International Geology Review, 37(5), 448-470.
Mouty, M., Delaloye, M., Fontignie, D., Piskin, O., & Wagner, J. J. (1992). The volcanic activity in Syria and Lebanon between Jurassic and Actual. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 72(1), 91-105.
Guba, I., & Mustafa, H. (1988). Structural control of young basaltic fissure eruptions in the plateau basalt area of the Arabian Plate, northeastern Jordan. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 35(4), 319-334.
Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences. In Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous rocks. Cambridge University Press.
Turkey
 
  • Bingöl Province
    • Genç District
Econ Geol (1984) 79:354-371
United Arab Emirates
 
  • Emirate of Fujairah
Woolley, A. R., Barr, M. W. C., Din, V. K., Jones, G. C., Wall, F., & Williams, C. T. (1991). Extrusive carbonatites from the Uyaynah area, United Arab Emirates. Journal of Petrology, 32(6), 1143-1167.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991). Meta-carbonatites in the metamorphic series below the Semail Ophiolite in the Dibba Zone, Northern Oman Mountains. In Ophiolite genesis and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere (pp. 627-645). Springer, Dordrecht.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991) Isotopic (Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd) and geochemical studies of the metamorphosed volcanic rocks in the metamorphic series below the Semail ophiolite in the Dibba Zone (United Arab Emirates). Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen Zürich, 71, 19-33.
 
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