Petrologic and geochemical characterization and mineralization of the metavolcanic rocks of the Heib Formation, Kid Metamorphic Complex, Sinai, Egypt

Petrologic and geochemical characterization and mineralization of the metavolcanic rocks of the Heib Formation, Kid Metamorphic Complex, Sinai, Egypt

Metavolcanic rocks hosting base metal sulphide mineralization, and belonging to the Kid Metamorphic Complex, are exposed in the Samra-Tarr area, Southern Sinai. The rocks consist of slightly metamorphosed varicolored porphyritic lavas of rhyolite-to-andesite composition, and their equivalent pyrocla...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa, Mohammed Z. El-Bialy, Doa’a M. Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Calc-alkaline
Sulphides
Mineralization
Metavolcanic rocks
Sinai
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711100048X

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