Harrat Ash Shamah

The Harrat Ash Shamah (also known variously as the Harrat Ash Catchem and the Harrat e-Shamah) is a volcanic field covering a total area of some 40,000 km² (15,000 sq mi). This massive alkaline volcanic field extends from southern Syria, across Jordan and into northwestern Saudi Arabia.

Amongst others, the Jabal al-Druze, 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.

Sources

• 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

• VolcanoWorld information and aerial photograph
• "Jabal ad Druze". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0300-06-. 
• "Es Safa". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0300-05-. 
• "Al Harrah". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0301-001.