Petrogenesis of late Neoproterozoic dikes in the northern Arabian-Nubian shield. Implications for the origin of A-type granites

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-213

  Kessel, Ronit ^a,b   Stein, Mordechai ^a   Navon, Oded ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A type granites; Arabian Nubian shield; Calc alkaline; Dikes; Granites; Pan African Orogeny; Petrogenesis; Proterozoic; Saudi Arabia; Tholeiite

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GRANITE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032194424     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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