Harrat Ash Shamah

The Harrat Ash Shamah (also known variously as the Harrat Ash Shaam and the Harrat e-Shamah) is a volcanic field covering a total area of some Convert|40000|km2|sqmi|-3|abbr=on. This massive alkaline volcanic field extends from southern Syria, across Jordan and into northwestern Saudi Arabia.

Amongst others, the Jabal ad Duruz, Es Safa and Dirat at Tulul volcanic fields form the northern, Syrian part of the Harrat Ash Shamah; Al Harrah is in the southern, Saudi Arabian third of the field.

ources

*Ibrahim, K. (1993) "The geological framework for the Harrat Ash-Shaam Basaltic Super-Group and its volcanotectonic evolution" Bulletin 24, Geological Mapping Division, Natural Resources Authority, Jordan
*Ilani, S., Harlavan, Y., Tarawneh, K., Rabba, I., Weinberger, R., Khalil, I., and Peltz, S., (2001) "New K-Ar ages of basalts from the Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic field in Jordan: Implications for the span and duration of the upper-mantle upwelling beneath the western Arabian plate" "Geology" 29(2):171-174
*Kempe, S. and Al-Malabeh, A., (2005), "Newly discovered lava tunnels of the Al-Shaam plateau basalts" "Geophysical Research Abstracts" 7, European Geosciences Union
*Salf, S.I., (1988) "Field and petrographic characteristics of Cenozoic basaltic rocks, Northwestern Saudi Arabia" "Journal of African Earth Sciences" 7(5):805-809
*Weinstein, Y., Navon, O., Altherr, R., and Stein, M., (2006) "The role of lithospheric mantle heterogeneity in the generation of Plio-Pleistocene alkali basalt suites from NW Harrat Ash Shaam (Israel)" "Journal of Petrology" 47(5):1017-1050

External links

* [http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/saudi_arabia/ash_shamah.html VolcanoWorld information and aerial photograph]
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