Scientific Journal Of King Faisal University
Basic and Applied Sciences

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Scientific Journal of King Faisal University / Basic and Applied Sciences

The amphibolitic rocks in Jabel Al - Gungeryeh (Baer-Bassit Area) Petrographical; Petrological and Geochemical Study

(Abdul Rahman bin Muhyiddin Alsfarag)

Abstract

Metamorphic rock autcropped in Jabel Al-Gungeryeh, Baer-Bassit areas NW Syria underlie concordantly the ophiolitic ultramafic rocks. With a thickness of 300m (Al-Gungeryeh quarry) and a general NW-SE trend with no clear evidence for either deformation nor melonitization. They are composed of: marble, quartzite, amphibolite, micaceous schist and chloritic schist. Nevertheless, amphibolite is the most common and dominant.
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