Geochronological and isotopic constraints on Neoproterozoic crustal growth in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Review and synthesis

H Gamaleldien, ZX Li, MA Anbar, JB Murphy… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) is widely held as
an example of crustal growth processes. The ANS consists of continental crust formed prior …

Magmatic evolution and rare metal mineralization in Mount El-Sibai Peralkaline granites, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Insights from whole-rock geochemistry and …

M Sami, H Osman, AF Ahmed, KS Zaky, R Abart… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Ediacaran peralkaline granites, which were emplaced during the post-collisional
tectonic extensional stage, have a limited occurrence in the northern tip of the Nubian …

Prolonged arc accretion during growth of juvenile crust in the Arabian Nubian Shield: Insights from the granitoids of northern Ethiopia

M Gebreslassie, SB Zhang, L Zhang, T Liang… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Arabian Nubian Shield (ANS) is one of the largest juvenile continental crusts
formed after the Archean. To determine the timing and understand the mechanism of its …

Provenance of Early Carboniferous clastic sedimentary rocks in the Lhasa Block, Tibet: Insights into the paleogeography and tectonic evolution of the northern margin …

ML Duan, CM Xie, B Wang, YH Song, W Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lhasa Block was located at the northern margin of East Gondwana before it
drifted away, but its exact paleogeographic location in the Late Paleozoic remains …

Neoproterozoic back-arc and arc-type magmatisms in the Rutong and Shiquanhe region, west of Tibet: Tectonic implications for the early-stage evolution of the …

X Zhang, DZ Cai, H Furnes, WL Liu, R Wang, W Li… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to limited exposure of the Precambrian rocks in the Tibetan Plateau, their affinities and
evolutions are inadequately studied. Here we report the newly identified Neoproterozoic …

Continental Arc Plutonism in a Juvenile Crust: The Neoproterozoic Metagabbro-Diorite Complexes of Sinai, Northern Arabian-Nubian Shield

MZ El-Bialy, MZ Khedr, BM El-Bialy, HF Hassan - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Based on new field, petrographic, and whole-rock geochemistry data, we investigated three
discrete metagabbro-diorite complexes (MGDC) across the EW Sinai to contribute to …

Tonian-Cryogenian bimodal volcanism and related sulfide ores in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: An example from the Dendekan prospect in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Y Abd El-Rahman, M Ramzey, LG Wu, XH Li… - Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The Dendekan prospect is located in the southern segment of the Eastern Desert of Egypt,
which constitutes the northwestern part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. The volcanic rocks of …

The Arabian-Nubian Shield in Northeast Africa

Z Hamimi, AR Fowler, M Sami, W Hagag - The Geology of North Africa, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In Northeast Africa, a greenschist to lower amphibolite facies dominated collisional
Pan-African belt extends along the Western flank of the Red Sea. The belt is known as the …