Crustal evolution and terrane correlation in the eastern Arabian Shield, Yemen: Geochronological constraints

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-295

  Whitehouse, Martin J ^a,b   Windley, Brian F ^c   Ba Bttat, Mahfood A O ^c,d   Fanning, C Mark ^e   Rex, David C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Arab Petroleum Services Co Ltd   (Yemen)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Arabian Shield; Pan African Orogeny; Terranes; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002631491     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0281     Document Type: Article

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