On the Pan-African transition of the Arabian-Nubian Shield from compression to extension: The post-collision Dokhan volcanic suite of Kid-Malhak region, Sinai, Egypt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-43

  El Bialy, Mohammed Z ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Geochemistry; Pan African; Petrography; Tectonic setting; Volcanic suite

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; ENRICHMENT; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; PORPHYRY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD; SINAI;

EID: 70449522086     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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