The Khida Terrane - Geochronological and Isotopic Evidence for Paleoproterozoic and Archean Crust in the Eastern Arabian Shield of Saudi Arabia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 200-202

  Whitehouse, M J ^a   Stoeser, D B ^b   Stacey, J S ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE;

ARABIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0008388010     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70695-X     Document Type: Article

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