Interstratified vermiculite-mica in the gneiss-metapelite-serpentinite rocks at Hafafit area, Southern Eastern Desert, Egypt: From metasomatism to weathering

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-320

  Harraz, H Z ^a   Hamdy, M M ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; EMPA; Gneiss metapelite serpentinite rocks; Hafafit; Interstratified vermiculite mica; XRD

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GNEISS; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METAPELITE; METASOMATISM; MICA; MINERALOGY; PEGMATITE; SERPENTINITE; VERMICULITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

MICAS;

EID: 78549260012     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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