The Eglab massif in the West African Craton (Algeria), an original segment of the Eburnean orogenic belt: Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 309-352

  Peucat, Jean Jacques ^a   Capdevila, Ramon ^a   Drareni, Amar ^b   Mahdjoub, Yamina ^b   Kahoui, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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

Author keywords

2.07 Ga post orogenic high K and peralkaline granites; 2.09 Ga active margin; 2.2 Ga batholith; Archean oceanic crust relics; Reguibat Rise

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACTIVE MARGIN; CRATON; MAGMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC;

ALGERIA; ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OBSERVATION; PETROLOGY; REVIEW; SEA; STONE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGLAB MASSIF; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13444273081     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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