The texture and composition of tourmaline in metasediments of the Sinai, Egypt: Implications for the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Pan-African basement

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-40

  Abu El Enen, Mahrous M ^a   Okrusch, M ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boron; Metamorphic grade; Metasediments; Pan African; Sinai; Tourmaline; Tourmaline biotite geothermometry

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHIC GRADE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTS; TOURMALINE;

MINERALOGY;

BORON; CLAY MINERAL; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METASEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; P-T CONDITIONS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TEXTURE; TOURMALINE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 34548139355     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.1.17     Document Type: Article

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