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AUTHOR
Ulrich Lange
Geodynamic setting of Upper Miocene to Quaternary alkaline basalts from Harrat al ‘Uwayrid (NW Saudi Arabia): Constraints from K Ar dating, chemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope compositions, and petrological modeling
Highlights • Volcanic activity of Harrat Uwayrid (NW Arabia) lasted from 8.2 to 0.3 Ma. • Alkali olivine basalts are followed by basanites, tephrites and tephriphonolites. • Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic ratios of all volcanic rocks suggest a PREMA source. • Different degrees of partial melting of amphibole-garnet-spinel lherzolite • Lithospheric mantle source rather than asthenosphere or plume-type mantle Abstract The volcanic field of Harrat ar Rahah-’Uwayrid (NW Saudi Arabia) consists of an older plateau basalt sequence that overlies Cambrian sandstone and younger cinder cones with smaller flows that are concentrated in the central part of this field. Petrographic and whole rock geochemical data ind…
Atomic force microscopy study of conducting polymer films near electrode's edge or grown on microband electrode
Abstract Polypyrrole (PPy) films of different thicknesses (within the range from 200 nm to 2.5 μm) were electrodeposited on two types of inhomogeneous substrates, single band and double-band Pt electrodes. Topographic images of the polymer layers were obtained by means of ex situ large-scale AFM technique to demonstrate how the propagation rates of the film growth above the electrode (in the normal direction to the electrode surface) and along the insulating surface surrounding the single- or double-band electrodes (in the horizontal direction) change with the deposition charge. It is proved that variations in the film thickness over the double band electrodes and progressive changes of the…