U-Pb zircon dating and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic evidence to support a juvenile origin of the ∼ 634 Ma El Shalul granitic gneiss dome, Arabian-Nubian shield

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 783-797

  Ali, K ^a,e   Andresen, A ^b   Manton, W I ^a   Stern, R J ^a   Omar, S A ^c   Maurice, A E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^d University of Beni Suef   (Egypt)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Eastern Desert; geochemistry; geochronology; gneiss dome

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DOMES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; ROCKS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

EASTERN DESERT; GNEISS DOME; GRANITIC GNEISS; ISOTOPIC DATA; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; U-PB ZIRCON DATING; VOLCANIC ARC;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

CRATON; DOME; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARABIAN SHIELD; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NUBIAN SHIELD;

EID: 84864438773     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000975     Document Type: Article

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