On the cratonization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Constraints from gneissic granitoids in south Eastern Desert, Egypt

On the cratonization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Constraints from gneissic granitoids in south Eastern Desert, Egypt

The Shaitian granite complex (SGC) spans more than 80 Ma of crustal growth in the Arabian–Nubian Shield in southeast Egypt. It is a voluminous composite intrusion (60 km2) comprising a host tonalite massif intruded by subordinate dyke-like masses of trondhjemite, granodiorite and monzogranite. The h...

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Main Authors: Ali A. Khudeir, Jean-Louis Paquette, Kirsten Nicholson, Åke Johansson, Tyrone O. Rooney, Sadiq Hamid, Mohamed A. El-Fadly, Loretta Corcoran, Shawn J. Malone, Mohamed Ali Abu El-Rus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS)
Cratonization
Fractional crystallization
Partial melting
Subduction zones
Tonalite-Trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG)
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