Petrological and geochemical constraints on the tectonomagmatic evolution of the late Neoproterozoic granitoid suites in the Gattar area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-275

  El Sayed, M M ^a   Shalaby, M H ^b   Hassanen, M A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Fractional crystalization; Gattar; Geochemistry; Granitoids; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

EGYPT;

EID: 0141683914     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2003/0178-0239     Document Type: Article

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