Mineral chemistry of Al Haruj low-volcanicity rift basalts, Libya: Implications for petrogenetic and geotectonic evolution

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-212

  Farahat, E S ^a   Ghani, M S Abdel ^a   Aboazom, A S ^b   Asran, A M H ^c  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

^b SEBHA UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Afro Arabian rift; Libya; Mineral chemistry; Petrogenesis; Rift volcanics

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MINERALOGY; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33744517134     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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