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Initial time and duration of quaternary magmatism in the Aragats neovolcanic area (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia)

Initial time and duration of quaternary magmatism in the Aragats neovolcanic area (Lesser... ISSN 1028 334X, Doklady Earth Sciences, 2011, Vol. 437, Part 2, pp. 532–536. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2011. Original Russian Text © V.A. Lebedev, I.V. Chernyshev, A.I. Yakushev, 2011, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2011, Vol. 437, No. 6, pp. 808–812. GEOCHEMISTRY V. A. Lebedev, Corresponding Member of the RAS I. V. Chernyshev, and A. I. Yakushev Received September 16, 2010 DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X11040209 The Aragats neovolcanic area located in the central part of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains on the territory of Armenia is one of the areals of extensive develop ment of Neogene–Quaternary magmatism within the Caucasus–Eastern Anatolian segment of the Alpine fold belt. The largest polygenetic Quaternary strato volcano of the Transcaucasia area, Aragats (4090 m), and numerous small volcanic cones occur in this area being spread over a territory of >7000 km2 in the inter fluves of the Araks, Akhurian (Arpacay), and Hrazdan rivers. The basement of the Aragats area is composed of rocks of ancient metamorphic complexes, Cretaceous limestones, and Eocene volcanogenic–sedimentary rocks mainly outcropped in the northeastern part of the region. Intrusions of Early Paleozoic and Creta ceous granitoids, as well as small gabbroid bodies in some areas, are abundant there [1]. The abovemen http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Doklady Earth Sciences Springer Journals

Initial time and duration of quaternary magmatism in the Aragats neovolcanic area (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia)

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ISSN 1028 334X, Doklady Earth Sciences, 2011, Vol. 437, Part 2, pp. 532–536. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2011. Original Russian Text © V.A. Lebedev, I.V. Chernyshev, A.I. Yakushev, 2011, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2011, Vol. 437, No. 6, pp. 808–812. GEOCHEMISTRY V. A. Lebedev, Corresponding Member of the RAS I. V. Chernyshev, and A. I. Yakushev Received September 16, 2010 DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X11040209 The Aragats neovolcanic area located in the central part of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains on the territory of Armenia is one of the areals of extensive develop ment of Neogene–Quaternary magmatism within the Caucasus–Eastern Anatolian segment of the Alpine fold belt. The largest polygenetic Quaternary strato volcano of the Transcaucasia area, Aragats (4090 m), and numerous small volcanic cones occur in this area being spread over a territory of >7000 km2 in the inter fluves of the Araks, Akhurian (Arpacay), and Hrazdan rivers. The basement of the Aragats area is composed of rocks of ancient metamorphic complexes, Cretaceous limestones, and Eocene volcanogenic–sedimentary rocks mainly outcropped in the northeastern part of the region. Intrusions of Early Paleozoic and Creta ceous granitoids, as well as small gabbroid bodies in some areas, are abundant there [1]. The abovemen

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