Locality type:

Volcanic Field

Classification

Type:

Alkali basalt

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Al Ghab Volcanic Field, Idlib Governorate, Syria

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1355586

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1355586:5

GUID (UUID V4):

772ece59-a1ae-493b-936a-d86d24d1321d

References

Ma, G. S. K., Malpas, J., Xenophontos, C., & Chan, G. H. N. (2011). Petrogenesis of latest Miocene–Quaternary continental intraplate volcanism along the northern Dead Sea Fault System (Al Ghab–Homs Volcanic Field), western Syria: evidence for lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction. Journal of Petrology, 52(2), 401-430.

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Alkali basalt from Al Ghab Volcanic Field, Idlib Governorate, Syria

Alkali basalt from
Al Ghab Volcanic Field, Idlib Governorate, Syria