Abstract: The Umm-Qais plateau is situated in north Jordan, south of the Yarmouk River. It consists of elevenbasalt flows (about 190 m. thickness). The basalt flows belong to the Arabian Harrat volcanism. Petrographical,mineralogical and geochemical analysis of 11 rock samples indicated that the rocks are products of a continentalintra-plate magmatism, mostly as coarse-grained silica-undersaturated olivine-rich alkali basalt (AOB).Nepheline and Fo-olivine are among the normative minerals.The age of the basalt flows can be correlated with the basalt of the northern extension of the Umm-Qaisplateau north the Yarmouk River (Zamlat Bkhila plateau basalt) in the Golan Heights which was found to be3.7±0.36-3.11±0.16 Ma. Flow eruptions are contemporaneous with the second spreading stage of the Red Seaduring the Cainozoic over the past 5 Ma.Analysis of fractures showed mainly four dominant directions, namely ENE/WSW, NW/SE, NNE/SSWand NE/SW. They coincide with the trends of the Red Sea, Dead Sea transform fault, and some other distinct tectonic features.