Structural and tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Feiran-Solaf metamorphic belt, Sinai Peninsula: Implications for the closure of the Mozambique Ocean

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 269-293

  El Shafei, M K ^a,b   Kusky, T M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Deformational phases; Feiran Solaf metamorphic belt; Mesoscopic folds; Sinai Peninsula; Structural evolution

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; GEOLOGY; MOZAMBIQUE; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; ROCK;

EGYPT; SINAI;

EID: 0037864089     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00072-X     Document Type: Review

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