Magma source and evolution of Late Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Gabal El-Urf area, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic constraints

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-300

  Moghazi, Abdel Kader M ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

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[No Author keywords available]

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GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PETROGENESIS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032825979     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899002563     Document Type: Article

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