Neoproterozoic deformation in the northeastern part of the Saharan Metacraton, northern Sudan

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 203-221

  Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Abdel Rahman, El Shaikh M ^b   El Fakib, El Fadil M ^b   Al Hur, Bushra ^b   El Bashier, Fathel Rahman M ^b   Stern, Robert J ^a   Thurmond, Allison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Geol Res Authority of the Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic deformation; Nothern Sudan; Saharan Metacraton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GEOLOGY; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SUDAN;

(NORTH); SUDAN;

EID: 0038540519     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00068-8     Document Type: Review

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