Neoproterozoic (835–720 Ma) serpentinites in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: fragments of forearc mantle

MK Azer, RJ Stern - the Journal of Geology, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
Most Neoproterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield show compositions consistent
with formation in a suprasubduction zone environment, but it has not been clear whether this …

A fore-arc setting of the Gerf ophiolite, Eastern Desert, Egypt: evidence from mineral chemistry and geochemistry of ultramafites

AAM Abdel-Karim, S Ali, HM Helmy, SA El-Shafei - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
The Gerf ophiolite is the largest mantle-derived complex in the Arabian–Nubian Shield
(ANS). This ophiolitic complex extends for tens of kilometers in the south Eastern Desert …

Petrogenetic evolution of the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks of Egypt

MK Azer, PD Asimow - The Geology of the Egyptian Nubian Shield, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Late Neoproterozoic basement exposures in the Sinai Peninsula and Eastern
Desert of Egypt represent the northern part of the Nubian Shield, which was contiguous with …

Multiple stages of carbonation and element redistribution during formation of ultramafic-hosted magnesite in Neoproterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield …

MK Azer, HA Gahlan, PD Asimow… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
We present a study of the serpentinized peridotites of the Ghadir-Mohagar-Ambaut area,
Egypt. They represent the mantle section of a dismembered ophiolite, tectonically emplaced …

Supra-subduction affinity in the Neoproterozoic serpentinites in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: evidence from mineral composition

AES Khalil, MK Azer - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
Serpentinites in the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt represent integral components of the
ophiolites. Metamorphic textures of the serpentinites preserve the complex mineralogical …

Neoproterozoic Ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield

MG Shahien, MK Azer, PD Asimow - The Geology of the Arabian-Nubian …, 2021 - Springer
Abundant ophiolites are distinctive components of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS),
providing important clues about its origin and hosting many of its valuable mineral …

Petrological studies of Neoproterozoic serpentinized ultramafics of the Nubian Shield: spinel compositions as evidence of the tectonic evolution of Egyptian ophiolites

MK Azer - Acta Geologica Polonica, 2014 - geojournals.pgi.gov.pl
The mafic-ultramafic rocks of the Gabal El-Degheimi area, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt,
are parts of an ophiolitic section. The ophiolitic rocks are dismembered and tectonically …

Mineralogy and chemical aspects of some ophiolitic metaultramafics, central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Evidences from chromites, sulphides and gangues

AAM Abdel‐Karim, SA El‐Shafei - Geological Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chromites and sulphides are the most common ore minerals in the ophiolitic metasomatized
ultramafics (~ 790 Ma) of Um Halham, Fawakhir and Barramiya, central Eastern Desert …

Pan-African (intraplate and subduction-related?) metasomatism in the Fawakhir ophiolitic serpentinites, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: mineralogical and …

MM Hamdy, HZ Harraz, GA Aly - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013 - Springer
Fawakhir serpentinites are the most western ophiolitic ultramafics relative to the Pan-African
collision suture at the Qift-Quseir road in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Their location …

Spinels, Fe–Ti oxide minerals, apatites, and carbonates hosted in the ophiolites of Eastern Desert of Egypt: mineralogy and chemical aspects

AAM Abdel-Karim, WI Elwan, H Helmy… - Arabian Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Spinels, Fe–Ti oxide minerals, apatites, and carbonates hosted in ophiolitic
serpentinites and metagabbros of Gabal Garf (southern ED) and Wadi Hammariya (central …