Tuff as rock and soil: Review of the literature on tuff geotechnical, chemical and mineralogical properties around the world and in Indonesia

N Asniar, YM Purwana, NS Surjandari - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Volcanic tuffs are defined as relatively soft and porous pyroclastic rocNs which are usually
formed by lithification and cementation of volcanic dust or ash. Previous studies on …

Geochemical characterization of Jordanian basalts using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and sourcing of the Amman Theater Statue

CD Dillian, JS Burnett, A Oweidi, R Gharib - Journal of Archaeological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the prevalence of basalt as a raw material for sculpture, architecture, and artifacts in
Iron Age Jordan, geochemical characterization and sourcing of these artifacts to their …

Pliocene–Quaternary basalts from the Harrat Tufail, western Saudi Arabia: Recycling of ancient oceanic slabs and generation of alkaline intra-plate magma

RA Bakhsh - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Harrat Tufail represents a Caenozoic basalt suite at the western margin of the
Arabian plate. This rift-related suite includes voluminous Quaternary non-vesicular basalt …

[HTML][HTML] Petrography, Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Basalt Flow at Al Azraq Al Shamali Area, East Jordan

IAB Yaseen - International Journal of Geosciences, 2022 - scirp.org
Al Azraq Al Shamali (AZS) basaltic rocks were investigated aiming to understand their
mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry features, and to achieve that a total of sixteen …

The Harrat Al-Birk basalts in southwest Saudi Arabia: characteristic alkali mafic magmatism related to Red Sea rifting

RA Bakhsh - Acta Geochimica, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Harrat Al-Birk volcanics are products of the Red Sea rift in southwest Saudi Arabia
that started in the Tertiary and reached its climax at~ 5 Ma. This volcanic field is almost …

[HTML][HTML] Mineralogical Studies on Some Selected Semi-Precious Stones from Northeast Jordan

K Tarawneh, H Alnawafleh, IB Yasin - Natural Resources, 2020 - scirp.org
A semi-precious stone is known as a gem or gemstone (also a jewel, a gem, a precious
stone), which is a portion of mineral in refined and cut form that could be used to create a …

[HTML][HTML] Petrography and mineral chemistry of the Almanden Garnet, and implication for Kelyphite texture in the Miocene alkaline basaltic rocks north east Jordan

IAAB Yaseen - International Journal of Geosciences, 2014 - scirp.org
The Miocene alkali basaltic rocks cover the northeastern part of Jordan, within Harrat Al-
Shaam plateau. The volcanic concentrated along the Dead Sea boundary and spread …