The petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: Field relationships, geochemistry and Sr/Nd isotope systematics

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-287

  Cox, Jon ^a   Searle, Mike ^a   Pedersen, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEUCOGRANITE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

KHAWR FAKKAN BLOCK; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033383514     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050550     Document Type: Article

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