Geochemical constraints from the Hafafit Metamorphic Complex (HMC): Evidence of Neoproterozoic back-arc basin development in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-186

  Abd El Naby, H ^a,b   Frisch, W ^b  

^a NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibolites; Back arc; Geochemistry; Gneisses; Hafafit; Nugrus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BACKARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646949525     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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