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DOI | 10.1111/1755-6724.14410 |
Neoproterozoic Tectonic Events of Egypt | |
Abd El-Wahed, Mohamed; Hamimi, Zakaria | |
通讯作者 | Abd El-Wahed, M (corresponding author), Tanta Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Tanta 31527, Egypt. |
来源期刊 | ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION
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ISSN | 1000-9515 |
EISSN | 1755-6724 |
出版年 | 2021 |
卷号 | 95期号:4页码:1366-1405 |
英文摘要 | The Egyptian Nubian Shield (ENS) represents the northwestern part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield and the northern extension of the East African Orogen. The ENS is regarded as being formed due to northward-directed escape tectonics. It is characterized by mild accretion and suture zones dominated by major strike-slip zones with a commonly sinistral sense of movement; some shear zones display a dextral sense of shear. It is dominated by gneisses and migmatites in the south, arc volcaniclastic metasediments and highly dismembered ophiolites in the central parts, whereas its northern part is dominated by late- to post-tectonic granitoids. In southern Sinai, the Neoproterozoic rocks are grouped into four complexes, namely Feiran-Solaf, Sa'al-Zaghra, Kid and Taba. The ENS ophiolites were formed between 730-750 Ma, mainly in a supra-subduction zone setting. The ENS has undergone a Neoproterozoic deformation history involving three successive phases: (1) Early N-S shortening phase (D-1), (2) Syn-accretionary phase (D-2) and (3) Post-accretionary phase (D-3). The initial island-arc stage (780-730 Ma) is a N-S shortening phase initiated by collision between the Eastern Desert tectonic terrane to the north with both the Gebeit and Gabgaba terranes to the south (830-720 Ma). During the arc-splitting and back-arc spreading stage (730-620), voluminous syn-tectonic granitoids intruded into the ENS (750-610 Ma). The E-W-directed compressional/transpressional phase (620-450 Ma) led to the overall uplift of the central part of the ENS and consequently the development and exhumation of the core complexes in oblique convergent zones. The E-W intense shortening deformation resulted also in the formation of NW- and NE-striking sinistral and dextral strike-slip shear zones, respectively. The latest periods of the E-W-directed compressional/transpressional regime were characterized by deposition of the molasse-type Hammamat Sediments unconformably over the Dokhan Volcanics, or interbedded with them. The combined thrusting, folding and sinistral-reverse shearing structures have been interpreted to resulted from the E-W-directed compressional/transpressional phase in response to the oblique shortening of the Arabian-Nubian Shield between East and West Gondwana. |
英文关键词 | Neoproterozoic deformation N-S shortening syn-accretionary phase post-accretionary phase Egyptian Nubian Shield |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000690440500025 |
WOS关键词 | CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT ; ARABIAN-NUBIAN SHIELD ; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES ; PRECAMBRIAN CRUSTAL EVOLUTION ; WADI HAFAFIT CULMINATION ; PAN-AFRICAN GRANITOIDS ; DOKHAN VOLCANIC SUITE ; ALLAQI-HEIANI-SUTURE ; HAMISANA SHEAR ZONE ; NAJD FAULT SYSTEM |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/362302 |
作者单位 | [Abd El-Wahed, Mohamed] Tanta Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Tanta 31527, Egypt; [Hamimi, Zakaria] Benha Univ, Dept Geol, Faulty Sci, Banha 13518, Egypt |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Abd El-Wahed, Mohamed,Hamimi, Zakaria. Neoproterozoic Tectonic Events of Egypt[J],2021,95(4):1366-1405. |
APA | Abd El-Wahed, Mohamed,&Hamimi, Zakaria.(2021).Neoproterozoic Tectonic Events of Egypt.ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION,95(4),1366-1405. |
MLA | Abd El-Wahed, Mohamed,et al."Neoproterozoic Tectonic Events of Egypt".ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION 95.4(2021):1366-1405. |
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