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Rhyodacite from Sahara Desert, North Africa

Egypt
 
  • Aswan Governorate
Moghazi, A. M., Hassanen, M. A., & Mohamed, F. H. (1997). Source and evolution history of some Mesozoic alkaline volcanics in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: inference from petrology and geochemistry. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 24(1-2), 11-28. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00023-7
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Hubbard, H. B., Wood, L. F., & Rogers, J. J. (1987). Possible hydration anomaly in the upper mantle prior to Red Sea rifting: Evidence from petrologic modeling of the Wadi Natash alkali basalt sequence of eastern Egypt. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 98(1), 92-98. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1987)98<92:PHAITU>2.0.CO
Crawford, W. A., Coulter, D. H., & Hubbard, H. B. (1984). The areal distribution, stratigraphy and major element chemistry of the Wadi Natash volcanic series, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 2(2), 119-128.
Hashad, A. H., Hassan, M. A., & Aboul Gadayel, A. A. (1982). Geologicol and petrological study of wad. Natash late Cretaceous volcanic, Egypt. J. Geol, 26(1), 19-37.
Hashad, A. H., AH, H., & EL REEDY, M. W. M. (1979). Geochronology of the anorogenic alkalic rocks South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 81-101.
El Ramly, M.F., Budanov, V.I. & Hussein, A.A.A. 1971. The alkaline rocks of south-eastern Egypt. Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 53.
  • Red Sea Governorate
    • Marsa Alam
Helmy, H. M., Kaindl, R., Fritz, H., & Loizenbauer, J. (2004). The Sukari Gold Mine, Eastern Desert—Egypt: structural setting, mineralogy and fluid inclusion study. Mineralium Deposita, 39(4), 495-511.
Mauritania
 
  • Inchiri Region
    • Chami
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
  • Tiris Zemmour Region
    • Tenoumer area
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Sudan
 
  • River Nile
Adam, Mohammed S.M., Babikir, Khalid A., Kim, YoungJae, Park, Maeng-Eon, F.H. Orellana, Jose, Kim, Young-Seog (2024) Geology and structural setting of the undiscovered Amgififa volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit in the southwestern part of the Haya Terrane, Arabian-Nubian Shield, Sudan. Ore Geology Reviews, 167. 105969 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105969
 
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