Late Proterozoic extensional collapse in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 615-628

  Blasband, B ^a   White, S ^a   Brooijmans, P ^a   De Boorder, H ^a   Visser, W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Extension; Metamorphic core complexes; Pan African Orogeny; Wadi Kid area

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034028498     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.615     Document Type: Article

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