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EARLY MIOCENE MILDLY-ALKALINE VOLCANISM IN THE KARACADAG AREA (CENTRAL ANATOLIA, TURKIYE)
(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2009, Anatolia, Area central, Kurt, Turkiye Huseyin)
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In the Karacadag area (Central Anatolia, Turkiye), small volumes of mildly-alkaline lavas associated with large volumes of calcalkaline lavas crop out. 40Ar/39Ar age data indicate that the mildly-alkaline lavas were erupted during Early Miocene (ca. 18 Ma). The lavas are composed of alkali basalt, hawaiite, mugearite, benmoreite and trachydacite, and include olivine, ortho/clinopyroxene, amphibole, plagioclase, opaque and rare anorthoclase. The mildly-alkaline lavas have a sodic tendency (Na2O/K2O = 1.5-3.2) and r...
Geology2009