Late Neoproterozoic A-type granites in the northernmost Arabian-Nubian Shield formed by fractionation of basaltic melts

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-312

  Jarrar, G H ^a   Manton, W I ^b   Stern, R J ^b   Zachmann, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Institute für Umweltgeologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

A type granite; Arabian Nubian Shield; Geochronology; Jordan; Mafic magma

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 48049101203     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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