A Pan-African core complex in the Sinai, Egypt

Geologie en Mijnbouw

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-266

  Blasband, B ^a   Brooijmans, P ^a   Dirks, P ^a,b   Visser, W ^a   White, S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Extension; Non coaxial deformation; Orogenic collapse; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; OROGENIC COLLAPSE; PROTEROZOIC;

EGYPT, SINAI;

EID: 0031426384     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003089218512     Document Type: Article

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