Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the neoproterozoic granitoids in the central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-346

  El Sayed, M M ^a   Mohamed, F H ^a   Furnes, H ^b   Kanisawa, S ^c  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b Geological Institute   (Norway)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egypt; Fractional crystallization; Geochemistry; Granitoids; Neoproterozoic; Umm Gheig

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 0036987878     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0009-2819-00010     Document Type: Article

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