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Petrogenesis and geodynamic implications of Ediacaran highly fractionated A-type granitoids in the north Arabian-Nubian Shield (Egypt): Constraints from whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes

  • Mabrouk Sami
  • , Theodoros Ntaflos
  • , Esam S. Farahat
  • , Haroun A. Mohamed
  • , Christoph Hauzenberger
  • , Awaad F. Ahmed

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)329-346
Number of pages18
JournalLithos
Volume304-307
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2018

Funding

We thank Franz Kiraly for assistance with the electron microprobe, Peter Nagl for XRF work, Wencke Wegner for Sr-Nd isotope preparations, the staff and technicians of the Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria. This study was supported by funds from the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Y2014-2015). We gratefully acknowledge Hugh Rice for correction of the English language. We thank Prof. Jacek Puziewicz and an anonymous reviewer, and the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Nelson Eby, for their constructive comments and suggestions; these led to significant improvements of the manuscript.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 105105 Geochemistry
  • 105120 Petrology

Keywords

  • Arabian-Nubian Shield
  • Highly fractionated granitoids
  • Sr-Nd isotopes
  • Ediacaran
  • Petrogenesis
  • Rare metals
  • MAFIC MICROGRANULAR ENCLAVES
  • U-PB ZIRCON
  • EASTERN DESERT
  • CALC-ALKALINE
  • SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA
  • SOUTHERN SINAI
  • SILICIC MAGMAS
  • FOLD BELT
  • ORIGIN
  • EVOLUTION

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