Pyroxenite Xenoliths from Al Ashaer Volcano, Syria: Constraints on the Thermal State of the Subcontinental Arabian Lithosphere
Pyroxenite Xenoliths from Al Ashaer Volcano, Syria: Constraints on the Thermal State of the Subcontinental Arabian Lithosphere
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叙利亚阿沙尔火山的辉石岩包体:对阿拉伯次大陆岩石圈热状态的限制
DOI:
10.1080/00206819909465177
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
G. Syada
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作者:
L. Medaris;G. Syada
Pyroxenite xenoliths from the Pliocene Al Ashaer volcano, Syria, have been investigated to expand the database on pyroxenite xenoliths in the western part of the Arabian plate, and to complement the existing data for associated spinel peridotite xenoliths. Such data are essential for establishing the chemical composition and thermal state of the Arabian plate lithosphere, and for evaluating possible geographic and secular variations in the mantle. Sixteen samples of Al Ashaer pyroxenite xenoliths were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence for major and minor elements, and mineral compositions in six samples were determined by electron microprobe. Al Ashaer pyroxenites belong to the Al-augite group of mantle xenoliths, include spinel- and garnet-bearing varieties, and are characterized by a mosaic texture. Rock and mineral compositions indicate that the pyroxenites formed by high-pressure crystal accumulation from alkali basaltic melts in the upper mantle. Equilibration conditions for Al Ashaer pyroxenites are 97...