U-Pb TIMS age constraints on the evolution of the Neoproterozoic Meatiq Gneiss Dome, Eastern Desert, Egypt

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-497

  Andresen, Arild ^a   El Rus, Mohamed Ali Abu ^b   Myhre, Per Inge ^a   Boghdady, Gamal Y ^c   Corfu, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

East African orogen; Egypt; Geochronology; Gneiss domes; Neoproterozoic; Pan African; U Pb

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOME; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OBLIQUE FAULT; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 63349107923     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0276-x     Document Type: Article

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