A discussion on the tectonic implications of Ediacaran late‐to post‐orogenic A‐type granite in the northeastern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

FA Robinson, B Bonin, V Pease, JL Anderson - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The transition from late‐orogenic to post‐orogenic magmatism following major orogenic
episodes such as the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian East African Orogen (EAO) is an …

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 …

Precambrian basement complex of Egypt

MZ El-Bialy - The geology of Egypt, 2020 - Springer
Surface exposure of the Egyptian Precambrian basement complex covers ca. 100 000 km 2.
Outcrops of the basement rocks extend over extensive areas in southern Sinai, the Eastern …

Genesis of the gneissic core complexes in the Arabian-Nubian Shield and its tectonic implications: A regional overview

M Abd El-Wahed, M Attia - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) are a domed structures cored by high grade gneiss
overlain by low grade supracrustal rocks. They are characterized by some common features …

The metamorphism and deformation of the basement complex in Egypt

B El Kalioubi, AR Fowler, K Abdelmalik - The Geology of Egypt, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Precambrian crust of Africa comprises large remnants of Archaean massifs,
which are parts of even larger units, some of which were subjected to tectonic reactivation in …

The Wadi Zaghra metasediments of Sinai, Egypt: new constraints on the late Cryogenian–Ediacaran tectonic evolution of the northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield

A Andresen, MM Abu El-Enen, RJ Stern… - International Geology …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The depositional age of the Wadi Zaghra metasediments (Zaghra Formation) of the Sa'al-
Zaghra metamorphic complex (Sinai) in the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS) has been …

Thermodynamic modelling of Sol Hamed serpentinite, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: implication for fluid interaction in the Arabian–Nubian Shield ophiolites

TS Abu-Alam, MM Hamdy - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Arabian–Nubian Shield is the largest tract of juvenile continental crust of the
Neoproterozoic. This juvenile crust is composed of intra-oceanic island arc/back arc basin …

Geochemical constraints on the oldest arc rocks of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: The late Mesoproterozoic to late Neoproterozoic (?) Sa'al volcano-sedimentary …

MW Ali-Bik, SH Abd El Rahim, WA Wahab… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wadi Sa'al metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary complex represents the
deepest exposed stratigraphic levels of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS). Recent isotopic …

Multistage tectonism and metamorphism during Gondwana collision: Baladiyah complex, Saudi Arabia

TS Abu-Alam, M Hassan, K Stüwe, SE Meyer… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Field evidence from the Baladiyah complex in the northern part of the Arabian–Nubian
Shield of Saudi Arabia indicates several erosional unconformities separating different high …

Tectonic evolution and setting of the Sa'al Complex, southern Sinai, Egypt: A Proterozoic continental back-arc rift model

A Fowler, I Hassen, M Hassan - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sa'al Complex is a mainly low grade metamorphosed polydeformed
volcanosedimentary sequence exposed in the northern central Sinai basement, Egypt …