GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTCS AND URANIUM-THORIUM DISTRBUTION OF BASALTIC ROCKS FROM DOKHAN VOLCANICS, QIFT-QUESEIR ROAD, EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT | ||||
| Delta Journal of Science | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 31, Issue 1, June 2007, Page 73-83 PDF (2.1 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Research and Reference | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/djs.2007.152989 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| ATEF A. EL NAHAS | ||||
| Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The present work deals with geochemical characteristics and radioactivity of basaltic rocks from Dokhan Volcanics, gift-queseir road, Eastern desert, Egypt. Geochemically, the studied Dokhan Volcanics seem to have originated from calc-alkaline magmas which were developed in an island arc tectonic setting. The basaltic volcanics (~2.5km2) posses an elongate outcrop with N-S long axis. Normalized trace element patterns show enrichment in LILEs (Rb, Ba, K, Th) relative to HFSEs (Nb, Zr, P, and Ti) and are very similar to calc-alkaline subduction-related rocks from orogenic belts. A subduction-related tectonic setting for the emplacement of the investigated rocks is indicated by the petrological and geochemical evidences. The concentrations of U and Th in the studied Dokhan volcanics were controlled by magmatic processes indicated by the positive relation between U and Th and U-Zr in addition to weak negative relation between U and K/Rb. | ||||
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