Nd-Sr-Hf-O isotope provinciality in the northernmost Arabian-Nubian Shield: Implications for crustal evolution

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-201

  Be'eri Shlevin, Y ^a,d   Katzir, Y ^a   Blichert Toft, J ^b   Kleinhanns, I C ^c   Whitehouse, M J ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Magma sources; Nd Sr Hf O; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD; SINAI;

EID: 77954424976     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0472-8     Document Type: Article

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