A re-evaluation of the origin and setting of the late precambrian Hammamat group based on SHRIMP U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from Gebel Umm Tawat, north eastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 595-604

  Wilde, Simon A ^a   Youssef, Khalid ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian shield; Hammamat group; Pan African orogeny; Provenance; U Pb

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHRIMP DATING;

EGYPT;

EID: 84862766684     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764901-081     Document Type: Article

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