Singtuen Vimoltip, Phajan Sirinthorn
Department of Geotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, 123 Moo 16 Mittraphap Rd., Nai-Muang, Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Data Brief. 2021 Nov 3;39:107540. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107540. eCollection 2021 Dec.
This data article presents mineralogical and geochemical data of high alkaline basalts in Sisaket province, the southern part of Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand. Under the polarized light microscope, the photomicrographs divided the basalts into olivine basalt and alkaline basalt with four textures: aphanitic, porphyritic, vesicular, and diabase. These basaltic rocks comprise olivine microphenocrysts associated with labradorite-anorthite (An), clinopyroxene, opaque minerals groundmass. In addition, nepheline is only found in alkaline basalt as groundmass. Major oxides (NaO+KO and SiO) suggest that Sisaket basalts are basalt, basanite, trachy basalt, and basaltic trachy-andesite. High ratio Nb/Y and low Zr/Ti classify these basalts as alkaline basalt and basanite.