Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic data bearing on the origin of Pan-African granitoids in the Kid area, southeast Sinai, Egypt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 697-710

  Moghazi, A M ^a   Andersen, T ^b   Oweiss, G A ^a   El Bouseily, A M ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; IOSTOPIC DATA; PAN-AFRICAN OROGENY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0031659085     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.4.0697     Document Type: Article

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