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Basanite from
Mont-Dore Volcanic Field (Mont-Dore volcanic province), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Type:Basanite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mont-Dore Volcanic Field (Mont-Dore volcanic province), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1374792
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1374792:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Basanite
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘChuquet Genestoux quarry, Nébouzat, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘLimagne Basin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘChaȋne de la Sioule Volcanic Field, Saint-Georges-de-Mons, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
58.2km (36.1 miles) ⓘCantal Volcano, Thiézac, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
100.0km (62.1 miles) ⓘAubrac Volcanic Field, Condom-d'Aubrac, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
References
Brousse, R. & Lefèvre, C. 1990. Le volcanisme en France et en Europe limitrophe. «Guides géologiques régionaux». Masson, Paris.
Sébastien, N., Jean-François, P., Nehlig, P., Hervé, G., Vincent, S., & Stéphane, S. Tephrochronology of the Mont-Dore volcanic Massif (Massif Central, France): new 40 Ar/39 Ar constraints on the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene activity. Bulletin of Volcanology, 76, 798.
Brousse, R. (1961). Minéralogie et pétrographie des roches volcaniques du Massif du Mont-Dore. Bull. Soc. Franc. Min4ral. Crist, 84, 245-259.
Brousse, R. (1961). Recueil des analyses chimiques des roches volcaniques tertiaires et quaternaires de la France. Bull. Serv. Carte géol. France, 58(263), 1-140.
Cantagrel, J. M., & Baubron, J. C. (1983). Chronologie des éruptions dans le massif volcanique des Monts Dore (méthode potassium-argon). Bur. Rech. Géol. Min.(Fr.), Sect. Géol.(2), 1(1–2), 123-142.
Brousse, R., Rançon, J. P., Tempier, P., & Veyret, Y. (1989). Bourg-Lastic, Carte Géologique de la France à 1/50 000. Editions du BRGM-BP, 6009-45060.
Briot, D.; Cantagrel, J.M.; Dupuy, C.; Harmon, R.S. (1991) Geochemical evolution in crustal magma reservoirs: Trace-element and Sr-Nd-O isotopic variations in two continental intraplate series at Monts Dore, Massif Central, France. Chemical Geology, 89 (3-4). 281-303 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(91)90021-i
Sørensen, H., Bernth, U., & Brousse, R. (1999). Trachytes and phonolites from the Mont-Dore region, Auvergne, France. Geolines, (9), 114-118.
 
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