A re-evaluation of the origin and setting of the late precambrian hammamat group based on SHRIMP U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from Gebel Umm Tawat, North Eastern Desert, Egypt

From: Journal of the Geological Society | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Youssef, Khalid; Wilde, Simon A | Copyright information

Abstract: A sample from near the base of the sedimentary Hammamat Group at Gebel Umm Tawat, North Eastern Desert, Egypt, contains detrital zircons with sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) UPb ages as young as 585 m 13 Ma. This age is within error of recent SHRIMP dates from the adjacent Dokhan Volcanic Series and establishes that they contributed material to the sediments. It is also c. 45 Ma younger than any zircon analysed from the upper part of the sedimentary sequence, sugge...

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