Geology and metallogeny of the Ar Rayn terrane, eastern Arabian shield: Evolution of a Neoproterozoic continental-margin arc during assembly of Gondwana within the East African orogen

Precambrian Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 17-50

  Doebrich, Jeff L ^a   Al Jehani, Abdullah M ^b   Siddiqui, Alim A ^b   Hayes, Timothy S ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Johnson, Peter R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar Rayn terrane; Arabian shield; Continental margin; East African orogen; Metallogeny; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COPPER; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; GONDWANA; GRANITE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PLUTONIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TERRANE; THOLEIITIC BASALT; VEIN (GEOLOGY); VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34547798408     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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