Provenance of conglomerate clasts from the volcano-sedimentary sequence at wadi rutig in southern sinai, egypt as revealed by sims u-pb dating of zircon

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 450-464

  Samuel, Mekhaiel D ^a   Be'eri Shlevin, Yaron ^b   Azer, Mokhles K ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b   Moussa, Hilmy E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabian nubian shield; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Sinai; U Pb zircon age

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITION; EROSION; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD; SINAI;

EID: 79960322141     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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