Mid-crustal dynamics and island-arc accretion in the Arabian Shield: Insight from the Earth's natural laboratory

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 77-120

  Weijermars, R ^a,b   Asif Khan, M ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Alboran Media Group   (Netherlands)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Field geology; Geochronology; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERRANE;

MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034023052     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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