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 …

The Cadomian (∼ 550 Ma) Orogen in North Africa and Arabia

RJ Stern - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The Cadomian orogeny reflects S-directed subduction on the northern margin of Greater
Gondwana in Ediacaran–Cambrian time (∼ 600-500 Ma). It is well known from the eastern …

Post-collisional alkaline granites

PJ Sylvester - The Journal of Geology, 1989 - journals.uchicago.edu
Alkaline (A-type and highly fractionated felsic I-type) granites that may have formed in post-
collisional plate tectonic environments are present in the Alaskan Cordillera, the New …

A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana

JG Meert - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The assembly of the eastern part of Gondwana (eastern Africa, Arabian–Nubian shield
(ANS), Seychelles, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, East Antarctica and Australia) resulted …

Sedimentary cycling and environmental change in the Late Proterozoic: evidence from stable and radiogenic isotopes

LA Derry, AJ Kaufman, SB Jacobsen - Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 1992 - Elsevier
We report C, Sr, and O isotopic as well as selected major and trace element data from Late
Proterozoic (ca. 540–900 Ma) marine carbonates in three widely separated basins. The …

Tectonic evolution and structural setting of the Suez Rift

TL Patton, AR Moustafa, RA Nelson, SA Abdine - 1994 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Six distinctive tectonic episodes punctuate the stratigraphic record of the Gulf of Suez area.
These episodes include the Pan-African event (late Proterozoic), which resulted in the …

Sutures and shear zones in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

MG Abdelsalam, RJ Stern - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 1996 - Elsevier
Deformational belts in the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) are divided into:(1) those
associated with sutures, both arc-arc and arc-continental; and (2) post-accretionary …

Development of the Arabian–Nubian Shield: perspectives on accretion and deformation in the northern East African Orogen and the assembly of Gondwana

PR Johnson, B Woldehaimanot - 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Arabian–Nubian Shield froms the suture between East and West Gondwana at
the northern end of the East African Orogen (EAO). The older components of the shield …

The continental crustal age distribution: Methods of determining mantle separation ages from Sm‐Nd isotopic data and application to the southwestern United States

DJ DePaolo, AM Linn… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Samarium‐neodymium isotope systematics provide a means of determining the age of the
continental crust, where” age “refers to the amount of time the crustal rock material has been …

The Najd fault system, Saudi Arabia and Egypt: A late Precambrian rift‐related transform system?

RJ Stern - Tectonics, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The Najd Fault System is a complex set of left‐lateral strike‐slip faults and ductile shear
zones that strike NW‐SE across the Precambrian of Arabia and Egypt. This system was …