Pan-African volcanism: Petrology and geochemistry of the Dokhan volcanic suite in the northern Nubian shield

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-31

  Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Abdel Rahman, ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA, NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0029749676     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800007226     Document Type: Article

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