1000-580Ma crustal evolution in the northern Arabian-Nubian Shield revealed by U-Pb-Hf of detrital zircons from late Neoproterozoic sediments (Elat area, Israel)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 208-211, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-212

  Morag, N ^a   Avigad, D ^a   Gerdes, A ^b,c   Harlavan, Y ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Crustal evolution; Detrital zircons; Volcano sedimentary sequence

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EILAT; ISRAEL; NUBIAN SHIELD; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84861156297     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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