Pillow form morphology of selected Neoproterozoic metavolcanics in the Egyptian Central Eastern Desert and their implications

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Farahat, E S ^a   El Mahallawi, M M ^a   Hoinkes, G ^b   Abdel Aal, A Y ^a   Hauzenberger, C A ^b  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian shield; Egypt; Metavolcanics; Ophiolites; Pillow forms

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FELSIC ROCK; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; OPHIOLITE; PARENT BODY; PILLOW LAVA; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VISCOSITY;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 77953615391     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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