Post-collisional potassic granitoids from the southern and northwestern parts of the Late Neoproterozoic East African Orogen: A review

Lithos

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 177-195

  Küster, Dirk ^a,c   Harms, Ulrich ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Northeast Africa; Pan African; Post collision; Potassic granites

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MADAGASCAR; PLUTON; POTASSIUM; SOMALIA; SUDAN;

GRANITE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PETROGENESIS;

ETHIOPIA; MADAGASCAR; SOMALIA; SUDAN;

EID: 0032323878     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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