Tracking the transition from subduction‐related to post‐collisional magmatism in the north Arabian–Nubian Shield: A case study from the Homrit Waggat area of the Eastern Desert of Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 4426-4452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhles K. Azer ◽  
Khaled M. Abdelfadil ◽  
Paul D. Asimow ◽  
Ahmed E. Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Desert ◽  
The North ◽  
Nubian Shield ◽  
Arabian Nubian Shield

Lu–Hf and O isotopic compositions on single zircons from the North Eastern Desert of Egypt, Arabian–Nubian Shield: Implications for crustal evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamal A. Ali ◽  
Basem A. Zoheir ◽  
Robert J. Stern ◽  
Arild Andresen ◽  
Martin J. Whitehouse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Crustal Evolution ◽  
Isotopic Compositions ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Nubian Shield ◽  
Arabian Nubian Shield

scholarly journals The Atud gabbro–diorite complex: glimpse of the Cryogenian mixing, assimilation, storage and homogenization zone beneath the Eastern Desert of Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 177 (5) ◽  
pp. 965-980
Author(s):  
Robert J. Stern ◽  
Kamal Ali ◽  
Paul D. Asimow ◽  
Mokhles K. Azer ◽  
Matthew I. Leybourne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Crystallization ◽  
Mafic Magma ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Igneous Complex ◽  
Nubian Shield ◽  
Partial Melts ◽  
Supplementary Material ◽  
Lower Crustal ◽  
Arabian Nubian Shield

We analysed gabbroic and dioritic rocks from the Atud igneous complex in the Eastern Desert of Egypt to understand better the formation of juvenile continental crust of the Arabian–Nubian Shield. Our results show that the rocks are the same age (U–Pb zircon ages of 694.5 ± 2.1 Ma for two diorites and 695.3 ± 3.4 Ma for one gabbronorite). These are partial melts of the mantle and related fractionates (εNd690 = +4.2 to +7.3, 87Sr/86Sri = 0.70246–0.70268, zircon δ18O ∼ +5‰). Trace element patterns indicate that Atud magmas formed above a subduction zone as part of a large and long-lived (c. 60 myr) convergent margin. Atud complex igneous rocks belong to a larger metagabbro–epidiorite–diorite complex that formed as a deep crustal mush into which new pulses of mafic magma were periodically emplaced, incorporated and evolved. The petrological evolution can be explained by fractional crystallization of mafic magma plus variable plagioclase accumulation in a mid- to lower crustal MASH zone. The Atud igneous complex shows that mantle partial melting and fractional crystallization and plagioclase accumulation were important for Cryogenian crust formation in this part of the Arabian–Nubian Shield.Supplementary material: Analytical methods and data, calculated equilibrium mineral temperatures, results of petrogenetic modeling, and cathodluminesence images of zircons can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4958822

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