SHRIMP dating and nd isotope geology of the archean terranes of the uweinat-kamil inlier, egypt-sudan-libya

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 328-346

  Bea, Fernando ^a   Montero, Pilar ^a   Anbar, Mohamed Abu ^b   Talavera, Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Archean; Crustal growth; Nd isotopes; SHRIMP dating; TTG

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INLIER; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SHRIMP DATING; TERRANE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EGYPT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SUDAN;

EID: 80051923913     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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