U-Pb ID-TIMS dating of igneous and metaigneous rocks from the El-Sibai area: Time constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-37

  Augland, Lars Eivind ^a   Andresen, Arild ^a   Boghdady, Gamal Yehia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cambrian magmatism; East African orogeny; Eastern Desert; Egypt; El Sibai gneisses; Neoproterozoic; U Pb Geochronology

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PROTOLITH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 84855329567     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0653-3     Document Type: Article

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