Thrusting and transpressional shearing in the Pan-African nappe southwest El-Sibai core complex, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-36

  El Wahed, Mohamed A Abd ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crustal thickening; Metamorphic evolution; Sibai core complex; Tectonic evolution; Thrusting; Transpression; Transtension

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 37549000220     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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