The significance of gneissic rocks and synmagmatic extensional ductile shear zones of the Barud area for the tectonics of the North Eastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-220

  Fowler, Abdel Rahman ^a   Ali, Khaled G ^b   Omar, Sayed M ^b   Eliwa, Hassan A ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^c Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amphibolites; Arc tectonics; Extensional hot ductile shear zones; Neoproterozoic; North Eastern Desert; Qena Safaga Line

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33748894578     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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