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Harrat Al Birk Lava Field, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabiai
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Harrat Al Birk Lava FieldLava Field
Jazan RegionRegion
Saudi ArabiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 15' North , 41° 45' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
18.25000,41.75000
GRN:
N13E28
Type:
Lava Field
Age:
Up to Ma
Geologic Time:
Pliocene
Dating method:
K-Ar whole rock
Reference for age:
Coleman, R. G., Gregory, R. T., & Brown, G. F. (1983). Cenozoic volcanic rocks of Saudi Arabia. USGS, Open-File Report OF-03-93.
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
341942
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:341942:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Covers c. 1800km² and includes numerous cinder cones.

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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘNepheline9.FA.05Na3K(Al4Si4O16)

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OOxygen
Oⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
NaSodium
Naⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
AlAluminium
Alⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
KPotassium
Kⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)

Localities in this Region

Saudi Arabia

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African Plate
Arabian PeninsulaPeninsula
Arabian PlateTectonic Plate
AsiaContinent

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References

Arno, V., Bakashwin, M.A. at al. 1980. Recent basic volcanism along the Red Sea coast: Al Birk lava field in Saudi Arabia.
Zanettin, B. (ed.) Geodynamic Evolution of the Afro-Arabian Rift System. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 645-654.
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.
Coleman, R. G., Gregory, R. T., & Brown, G. F. (1983). Cenozoic volcanic rocks of Saudi Arabia. USGS, Open-File Report OF-03-93.
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.
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.
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/mpar4p.201
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