Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

North Termit

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Occurrence number: 
121-00-021
Country: 
Niger
Location: 
Longitude: 11.33, Latitude: 16.77
Carbonatite: 
No

According to Pouclet and Baubron (1988) lavas in this area consist of basanites with later ‘transitional’ types.

Age: 
1.8-0.7 Ma.
References: 

POUCLET, A. and BAUBRON, J.C. 1988. Le volcanisme Cenozoique du Niger oriental, relations geochronologique, magmatiques et structurales des phases d'activite. In. Mesozoic to present-day magmatism of the African Plate and its structural setting. International Center for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1988/15: 190-2.

Location: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith