A late neoproterozoic magmatic Core complex in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Emplacement of granitoids in a wrench-tectonic setting

Precambrian Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-82

  Bregar, M ^a   Bauernhofer, A ^a   Pelz, K ^b   Kloetzli, U ^c   Fritz, H ^a   Neumayr, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core complexes; East African Orogen; Egypt; Exhumation; Granites; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

LEAD; ZIRCONIUM;

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EGYPT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GRANITE; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

EGYPT;

EID: 0037201329     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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