Sr-Nd isotopes and geochemistry of granite-gneiss complexes from the Meatiq and Hafafit domes, Eastern Desert, Egypt: No evidence for pre-Neoproterozoic crust

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Liégeois, Jean Paul ^a   Stern, Robert J ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Eastern Desert gneiss complexes; Greater gondwana; Nd model ages; Neoproterozoic juvenile crust; Rb Sr isochrons

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GONDWANA; GRANITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 77953617615     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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