U-Pb zircon ages and geochemical data for the Monumental Granite and other granitoid rocks from Aswan, Egypt: Implications for the geological evolution of the western margin of the Arabian Nubian Shield

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 153-183

  Finger, F ^a   Dorr W ^b   Gerdes, A ^c   Gharib, M ^d   Dawoud, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Helwan University   (Egypt)

^e Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 47649115074     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-007-0227-z     Document Type: Article

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