Volcanic field is made up of separate fields, which comprise lava flows and minor pyroclastic rocks, which overlie Neogene sediments. There is a number of volcanic craters and scoria cones and the lavas, in general between 3 and 20 m in thickness.
Age Mid- and Late Quaternary (Lease & Abdel-Rahman 2008).

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ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

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ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

References:

Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (1989) A Classification of Igneous Rocks and Glossary of Terms - Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks (1st ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581

Lease, N. A., & Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M. (2008). The Euphrates volcanic field, northeastern Syria: petrogenesis of Cenozoic basanites and alkali basalts. Geological Magazine, 145(5), 685-701.

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

References:

Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581

Lease, N. A., & Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M. (2008). The Euphrates volcanic field, northeastern Syria: petrogenesis of Cenozoic basanites and alkali basalts. Geological Magazine, 145(5), 685-701.

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈

References:

Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581

Lease, N. A., & Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M. (2008). The Euphrates volcanic field, northeastern Syria: petrogenesis of Cenozoic basanites and alkali basalts. Geological Magazine, 145(5), 685-701.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Unclassified
ⓘ	'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'	-
ⓘ	'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'	-
ⓘ	'Plagioclase'	-	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
O	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Si	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

Localities in this Region

Syria

Deir ez-Zor Governorate
- Deir ez-Zor District
  - Euphrates Volcanic Field

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Arabian PlateTectonic Plate

Euphrates-Sinjar basinBasin

AsiaContinent

Eurasian Plate

PalmyridesOrogenic Belt

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References

Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581

Lease, N. A., & Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M. (2008). The Euphrates volcanic field, northeastern Syria: petrogenesis of Cenozoic basanites and alkali basalts. Geological Magazine, 145(5), 685-701.

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.207

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