Contact metamorphism and metasomatism at a dolerite-limestone contact in the Gebel Yelleq area, Northern Sinai, Egypt

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 135-164

  El Enen, M M Abu ^a,b   Okrusch, M ^b   Will, T M ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUREOLE; DIABASE; LIMESTONE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EGYPT; SINAI;

EID: 2942672455     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0031-y     Document Type: Article

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