How juvenile is the Arabian-Nubian Shield? Evidence from Nd isotopes and pre-Neoproterozoic inherited zircon in the Bi'r Umq suture zone, Saudi Arabia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 308-326

  Hargrove, U S ^a   Stern, R J ^a   Kimura, J I ^b   Manton, W I ^a   Johnson, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; East African Orogen; inheritance; Nd isotopes; Neoproterozoic; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

INHERITANCE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SUTURE ZONE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; ZIRCON;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; SHIELD; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33751184204     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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