Hidden but Ubiquitous: The Pre-Rift Continental Mantle in the Red Sea Region

Hidden but Ubiquitous: The Pre-Rift Continental Mantle in the Red Sea Region

Volcanism in the western part of the Arabian plate resulted in one of the largest alkali basalt provinces in the world, where lava fields with sub-alkaline to alkaline affinity are scattered from Syria and the Dead Sea Transform Zone through western Saudi Arabia to Yemen. After the Afar plume emplac...

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Main Authors: Alessio Sanfilippo, Camilla Sani, Najeeb M. A. Rasul, Ian C. F. Stewart, Luigi Vigliotti, Nawaf Widinly, Ahmed Osemi, Marco Ligi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
continental flood basalts
subcontinental mantle
HIMU-like mantle composition
Red-Sea rift
Nd-Hf-Sr-Pb isotopes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.699460/full

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