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Geochemical Characteristics of the Syn-Tectonic Granitoids along Wadi El-Sheikh Area, South Sinai, Egypt.

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Applied and Basic Science.

Abstract

Wadi El-Sheikh area located at south Sinai which, characterized by abundant intrusion of calc-alkaline and alkaline/peralkaline granitoids and their associated volcanic. These granitoids have a particular geodynamic interest as they provide an outstanding opportunity to tell how continental crust of Arabian Nubian Shield (ANS) was formed. Thus, the present study introduces new detailed geological field studies, Petrological, and whole rock geochemical data for a selection of I-type granitoids along Wadi El- Sheikh. The older granitoids (OG) ranging in composition from quartz diorite, tonalite to granodiorite. Geochemically, this OG are mainly metaluminous, calc-alkaline and I-type and belonging to syn-collision volcanic arc granitoids. The studied granitoid rocks show high CaO/Na2O ratios (0.33 - 1.44) being a decrease from quartz diorite to granodiorites, whereas they have also high Al2O3/TiO2 ratios (17.85 – 80.70) increasing toward the higher silica granitic type (granodiorite). These characters indicate that emplacements of OG were strongly affected by magma mixing of felsic and mafic melts. Depth of magma segregation indicate that the studied granitoids have generated at water pressure in the 0.5 –10 kbar and temperatures of about 650ºC - 700ºC, and have been generated at greater depth >30 km of the lower crust. The studied OG are generally characterized by enrichment of LILE and LREE and depletion of HFSE relative to N-MORB values (e.g., negative Nb and Ta anomalies).

DOI

10.21608/bjas.2023.205732.1152

Keywords

Wadi El-Sheikh, Syn-tectonic, ANS, depth of magma segregation

Authors

First Name

walaa

Last Name

saad

MiddleName

mahmoud

Affiliation

geology department, faculty of science, benha university

Email

walaa.mahmoud@fsc.bu.edu.eg

City

Quwesena

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First Name

moustafa

Last Name

moghed

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

geology department, faculty of science, benha university

Email

mustafa.ahmed01@fsc.bu.edu.eg

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benha

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Volume

8

Article Issue

5

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42081

Issue Date

2023-05-01

Receive Date

2023-04-12

Publish Date

2023-05-31

Page Start

191

Page End

210

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2356-9751

Online ISSN

2356-976X

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https://bjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_314243.html

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17

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Original Research Papers

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1,647

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Publication Title

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://bjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Geochemical Characteristics of the Syn-Tectonic Granitoids along Wadi El-Sheikh Area, South Sinai, Egypt.

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28 Dec 2024