Neoproterozoic SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of silica-rich Dokhan Volcanics in the North Eastern Desert, Egypt

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Breitkreuz, Christoph ^a   Eliwa, Hassan ^b   Khalaf, Ibrahim ^b   Gameel, Khaled El ^a,b   Bühler, Benjamin ^a   Sergeev, Sergei ^c   Larionov, Alexander ^c   Murata, Mamoru ^d  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b Menoufia University   (Egypt)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Early Ediacaran; East African Orogen; Eastern Desert Basement Complex; Hammamat Sediments; Pan African Orogenic Cycle

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNIMBRITE; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 77957253158     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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