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Basalt from
Chaȋne de la Sioule Volcanic Field, Saint-Georges-de-Mons, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chaȋne de la Sioule Volcanic Field, Saint-Georges-de-Mons, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1374541
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1374541:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Basalt
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘLa Roche Sauterre, Manzat, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘPuy Gonnard, Beaunit, Charbonnières-les-Varennes, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘMenat-Malmouche Maars, Saint-Angel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘLimagne Basin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘMont-Dore Volcanic Field (Mont-Dore volcanic province), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘBusséol quarry (Bussiole quarry; Pic de la Garde quarry), Saint-Jean-des-Ollières, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Brousse, R. & Lefèvre, C. 1990. Le volcanisme en France et en Europe limitrophe. «Guides géologiques régionaux». Masson, Paris.
Brousse, R. (1961). Minéralogie et pétrographie des roches volcaniques du Massif du Mont-Dore. Bull. Soc. Franc. Min4ral. Crist, 84, 245-259.
Maury, R. C., & Varet, J. (1980). Le volcanisme tertiaire et quaternaire de France. Géologie de la France, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miniéres, Paris, 107, 138-159.
Lenoir, Xavier, Garrido, Carlos J., Bodinier, Jean-Louis, Dautria, Jean-Marie (2000) Contrasting lithospheric mantle domains beneath the Massif Central (France) revealed by geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 181 (3) 359-375 doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00216-8
 
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