Origin of I- and A-type granitoids from the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for crustal growth in the northern Arabian-Nubian Shield

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Farahat, E S ^a   Mohamed, H A ^a   Ahmed, A F ^a   El Mahallawi, M M ^a  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Egypt; Geotectonics; I and A type granites; Noeproterozoic

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; I-TYPE ROCK; ISLAND ARC; OUTCROP; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 34548018986     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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