Tracing the plume material in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 223-234

  Stein, Mordechai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian shield; Pan African orogeny; Plume related material

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW;

EID: 0038540457     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00069-X     Document Type: Review

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