An early Miocene age for a high-temperature event in gneisses from Zabargad Island (Red Sea, Egypt): Mantle diapirism?

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 274-279

  Bosch, D ^a   Bruguier, O ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; GNEISS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANTLE PLUME; MIOCENE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032463983     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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