Chrome-spinels in serpentinites and talc carbonates of the El Ideid-El Sodmein District, central Eastern Desert, Egypt: their metamorphism and petrogenetic implications

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Farahat, E S ^a  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alteration; Chrome spinel; Egypt; Metamorphism; Neoproterozoic; Ophiolities; Pan African; Serpentinites

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GREENSCHIST; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; PETROGENESIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEROZOIC; SERPENTINITE; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TEXTURE;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 44649155014     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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