Geometric and tectonic analysis of Ad-Damm mega-scale fold: implication of Neoproterozoic Transpressive Regime in the west-central Arabian Shield
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DOI: 10.1007/s12517-019-4391-3
Abstract: A mega-scale fold is exposed near Jeddah city in the western-central part of the Arabian Shield. This fold extends NE for about 35-km long and 12-km width and occupies the northwestern block of a distinct… read more here.
Keywords: arabian shield; mega scale; regime; scale fold ... See more keywords
Nature and evolution of the Precambrian lithosphere beneath the Arabian Shield of Saudi Arabia deduced from a suite of xenoliths from the Harrat Hutaymah Cenozoic volcanic field
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.06.012
Abstract: Abstract Harrat Hutaymah is a Cenozoic small-volume volcanic field in the northeastern margin of the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Mantle and lower-crustal xenoliths have been collected from the various tuff ring and maar deposits. Based… read more here.
Keywords: harrat hutaymah; gabbro diorite; shield; rock ... See more keywords
Chemical homogeneity of high-Cr chromitites as indicator for widespread invasion of boninitic melt in mantle peridotite of Bir Tuluha ophiolite, Northern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.03.010
Abstract: Abstract The Bir Tuluha ophiolite is one of the most famous chromitite-bearing occurrences in the Arabian Shield of Saudi Arabia, where chromitite bodies are widely distributed as lensoidal pods of variable sizes surrounded by dunite… read more here.
Keywords: high chromitites; arabian shield; bir tuluha; tuluha ophiolite ... See more keywords
Genesis and geodynamic evolution of serpentinized ultramafics and associated magnesite deposits in the Al-Wask ophiolite, Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.2475/03.2020.02
Abstract: Situated along the Yanbu Suture Zone, the Al-Wask ophiolite is one of the largest and best-preserved ophiolite sequences in the Proterozoic Arabian shield. A mantle section of serpentinized ultramafics is structurally overlain by a crustal… read more here.
Keywords: arabian shield; chemistry; magnesite; wask ophiolite ... See more keywords