[HTML][HTML] Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution

H Fritz, M Abdelsalam, KA Ali, B Bingen… - Journal of African Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The East African Orogen, extending from southern Israel, Sinai and Jordan in the
north to Mozambique and Madagascar in the south, is the world́s largest Neoproterozoic to …

Late Cryogenian–Ediacaran history of the Arabian–Nubian Shield: a review of depositional, plutonic, structural, and tectonic events in the closing stages of the …

PR Johnson, A Andresen, AS Collins, AR Fowler… - Journal of African Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
During the late Cryogenian–Ediacaran (650–542Ma), the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS)
underwent final assembly and accretion to the Saharan Metacraton concurrent with the …

Tectonics of the Eastern Desert of Egypt: key to understanding the neoproterozoic evolution of the Arabian–Nubian Shield (East African Orogen)

Z Hamimi, MA Abd El-Wahed, HA Gahlan… - The Geology of the Arab …, 2019 - Springer
The tectonic evolution of the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS), the northern continuation of the
East African Orogen (EAO), is enigmatic and a matter of controversy. The EAO is observed …

Structural lineament analysis of the Bir El-Qash area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, using integrated remote sensing and aeromagnetic data

WH Mohamed, MH Elyaseer, MEM Sabra - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Bir El-Qash area, located in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, is
characterized by a diverse range of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks with ages …

Review of major shale-dominated detachment and thrust characteristics in the diagenetic zone: Part I, meso-and macro-scopic scale

CK Morley, C von Hagke, RL Hansberry… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is considerable variability in the thickness, structure, and macroscopic deformation
style within shale-prone major thrust zones, which also impacts the structural style in the …

Application of remote-sensing techniques in geological and structural mapping of Atalla Shear Zone and Environs, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Z Hamimi, W Hagag, S Kamh, A El-Araby - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Atalla Shear Zone (ASZ) is one of the crucial megashears which are
geometrically and kinematically akin to the Najd-Shear Corridor in the central Eastern …

Geochemistry, geochronology, and Sr–Nd isotopes of the Late Neoproterozoic Wadi Kid volcano-sedimentary rocks, Southern Sinai, Egypt: implications for tectonic …

AKM Moghazi, KA Ali, SA Wilde, Q Zhou, T Andersen… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The Kid Group is one of the few exposures of Neoproterozoic metavolcano-sedimentary
rocks in the basement of southern Sinai in the northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield. It is …

Structural and tectonic framework of Neoproterozoic basement of Egypt: from gneiss domes to transpression belts

AR Fowler, Z Hamimi - The geology of Egypt, 2020 - Springer
The Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Egyptian Eastern Desert (EED) basement is
documented, principally through its history of structural events, and to a lesser degree …

A quantitative structural study of late Pan-African compressional deformation in the Central Eastern Desert (Egypt) during Gondwana assembly

MM Abdeen, RO Greiling - Gondwana Research, 2005 - Elsevier
The Arabian-Nubian-Shield (ANS) is composed of a number of island arcs together with
fragments of oceanic lithospere and minor continental terranes. The terranes collided with …

Petrology and geochemistry of ophiolitic ultramafic rocks and chromitites across the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Insights into the composition and nature of a …

RAM Ali, IK Pitcairn, AE Maurice, MK Azer… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large outcrops of ultramafic rocks are common in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt
and represent residual mantle sections and cumulates of dismembered Neoproterozoic …