Continental back-arc basin origin of some ophiolites from the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-104

  Farahat, E S ^a   El Mahalawi, M M ^a   Hoinkes, G ^b   Abdel Aal, A Y ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASALT; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OPHIOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 5644227700     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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