Intraplate Volcanism beneath Western Saudi Arabia: An enigmatic offshoot of the Afar mantle plume?

Adam JR Kent1, Robert A Duncan2, David W Graham1, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Amri3, Saeed A Alshaltoni4, Barry B Hanan5 and Jun-Ichi Kimura6, (1)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)King Saud University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (4)King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (5)San Diego State University, San Diego, United States, (6)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
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