Growth of the Egyptian crust in the northern East African Orogen: A review of existing models and proposed modifications

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-341

  El Sayed, Mohamed M ^a   Furnes, Harald ^b   Abou Shagar, S ^c  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eastern Desert terrain; Egypt; Geotectonic model; Western Desert terrain

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; METAGABBRO; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NILE RIVER; NORTH AFRICA; NUBIAN SHIELD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 34249853601     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2007/0078     Document Type: Review

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