Metamorphism and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Halaban Ophiolite and associated units: Evidence for two-stage orogenesis in the eastern Arabian shield

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-175

  Al Saleh, Ahmad M ^a   Boyle, Alan P ^b   Mussett, Alan E ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Arabian Shield; Ophiolite; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; OROGENESIS; TERRANE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031906064     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0165     Document Type: Article

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