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Sandstone from
Wadi Natash Volcanic Field, Aswan Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Type:Sandstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadi Natash Volcanic Field, Aswan Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1423952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1423952:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
 
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