Tectonic setting and geochemical characterisation of Neoproterozoic volcanics and granitoids from the Adobha Belt, northern Eritrea

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 817-831

  Woldehaimanot, Beraki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

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EID: 0000018216     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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