A review and synthesis of strain studies in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: materials, methods, problems and prospects

AR Fowler, Z Hamimi - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
More than seventy strain studies in the Egyptian Nubian Shield (ENS) are reviewed in this
contribution. For the Hammamat basin strain studies, Rf/ϕ and Fry methods have been …

Microstructural and strain studies of neoproterozoic rocks encapsulating hammamat molasse deposits in theWadi El-Qash area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

OMK Kassem, M Abd El-Wahed, AM Abudeif… - Journal of African Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding deformational processes and related structures at various scales,
necessitates an estimate of microstructural and finite strain characterization of deformed …

Inclined transpression in the neka valley, eastern Alborz, Iran

ST Nabavi, M Díaz-Azpiroz, CJ Talbot - International Journal of Earth …, 2017 - Springer
Three major nappes in the Neka Valley in the eastern Alborz Mountains of Iran allow the
Cimmerian to present convergence following the oblique collision between Iran and the …

Mafic microgranular enclaves and magmatic fabrics in the Ediacaran granitoids of Saghro, Eastern Anti-Atlas: Insights into magma emplacement and tectonic …

O Outaaoui, E Errami, J El Kabouri, A Jouhari… - Journal of African Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Saghro inlier in the Anti-Atlas belt of Morocco comprises several granitoids dating from
600 to 550 million years ago (Ma), which are overlain by a volcano-sedimentary series. In …

Subduction-related mafic-silicic magmatism in the Nubian Shield: Tectono-magmatic implications of ensialic island arc association at Central Eastern Desert, Egypt.

A Radwan, MH Younis, MA Hassan, H Abbas - Journal of African Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract For the Wadi El Mayet, the metagabbro-granodiorite-tonalite intrusive complex
(MIC) occupies the eastern sector of famous wadi Mubarak–Dabr complex which considered …

Kinematic analysis of the Migif area in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

OMK Kassem - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of porphyroclasts rotating in a flowing matrix to estimate mean kinematic vorticity
number (Wm) is important for quantifying the relative contributions of pure and simple shear …

Application of kinematic vorticity techniques for mylonitized Rocks in Al Amar suture, eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

Z Hamimi, OMK Kassem, MN El-Sabrouty - Geotectonics, 2015 - Springer
The rotation of rigid objects within a flowing viscous medium is a function of several factors
including the degree of non-coaxiality. The relationship between the orientation of such …

Finite Strain Analysis of the Wadi Fatima Shear Zone in Western Arabia, Saudi Arabia

OMK Kassem, Z Hamimi - Geotectonics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Neoproterozoic rocks, Oligocene to Neogene sediments and Tertiary Red Sea rift-
related volcanics (Harrat) are three dominant major groups exposed in the Jeddah tectonic …

Finite strain analysis of metavolcanics and metapyroclastics in gold-bearing shear zone of the Dungash area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

OMK Kassem, SH Abd El Rahim - Geotectonics, 2014 - Springer
The Dungash gold mine area is situated in an EW-trending quartz vein along a shear zone
in metavolcanic and metasedimentary host rocks in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. These rocks …

Microstructural and strain analysis in the Tanumah area, Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

OMK Kassem - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015 - Springer
The magnitude and orientation of the finite strain ellipsoid are critical for constraining
displacement across ductile deformation. Finite strain was studied in granitic gneiss and …