Spinel composition as a petrogenetic indicator of the mantle section in the Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer ophiolite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Precambrian Research

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Ahmed, Ahmed H ^a   Arai, Shoji ^b   Abdel Aziz, Yaser M ^c   Rahimi, Abdellatif ^d  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bou Azzer; Chromian spinel; Mantle section; Morocco; Neoproterozoic; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SPINEL;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22544467253     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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