An example of post-collisional mafic magmatism: The gabbro-anorthosite layered complex from the Tin Zebane area (western Hoggar, Algeria)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 313-330

  Aït Djafer, Saïda ^a   Ouzegane, Khadidja ^a   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^b   Kienast, Jean Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Gabbro; Hoggar; Layered mafic intrusion; Pan African orogeny

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; TRANSTENSION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1042275465     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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