Composition, age, and origin of the ~620 Ma Humr Akarim and Humrat Mukbid A-type granites: no evidence for pre-Neoproterozoic basement in the Eastern Desert, Egypt

The Humr Akarim and Humrat Mukbid plutons, in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt, are late Neoproterozoic post-collisional alkaline A-type granites. Humr Akarim and Humrat Mukbid plutonic rocks consist of subsolvus alkali granites and a subordinate roof facies of albite granite, which hosts greisen...

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Main Authors: Ali, K., Moghazi, A., Maurice, A., Omar, S., Wang, Qiang, Wilde, Simon, Moussa, E., Manton, W., Stern, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47485