Late Neoproterozoic alkaline magmatism in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: The postcollisional A-type granite of Sahara-Umm Adawi pluton, Sinai, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-174

  El Bialy, Mohammed Z ^a,b   Streck, Martin J ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

A type granite; Alkaline magmatism; Arabian Nubian Shield; Post collisional; Sinai

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; FILL; GRANITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCK; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TERTIARY;

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

EID: 70449532758     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-008-0025-x     Document Type: Article

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