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Early Ensimatic Stage of the Arabian-Nubian Shield

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The Geology of the Arabian-Nubian Shield

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The majority of geological investigations that deal with the Arabian-Nubian Shield are concerned with the processes of ocean closure, subduction, orogenesis and crustal growth, in relation to the assembly of Gondwanaland in the late Neoproterozoic. Other valuable published works deal with the earlier development of the Arabian-Nubian Shield in the light of the configuration of Rodinia (assembly and rifting) and the Mozambique Ocean. Progress in modern geochronological and structural data from the Arabian-Nubian Shield reveals that some of the Arabian-Nubian Shield rocks were derived from older crustal material and were affected by tectonic events of the early ensimatic stage of the Mesoproterozoic Rodinia breakup. The studies of Arabian-Nubian Shield ophiolites and related mélange rock units, representing remnants or fragments of earliest simatic (mafic-ultramafic) lithosphere, provide essential constraints on the oceanic realm predating the accretionary and collisional stages of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (~780–600 Ma). Understanding the complete tectonic evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield requires providing special attention to the structural, petrological, geochemical and geochronological characteristics of its early primitive stage during the Rodinia breakup.

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Hassan, M., Fowler, AR., Dessouky, O., Abu-Alam, T. (2021). Early Ensimatic Stage of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. In: Hamimi, Z., Fowler, AR., Liégeois, JP., Collins, A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Abd EI-Wahed, M. (eds) The Geology of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72995-0_9

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