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The Plutonic History of the Aswan Area, Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. R. Gindy
A. R. Gindy
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Geology Dept., The University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Abstract

The coarse porphyritic Aswan Granite used in many ancient Egyptian monuments has been held to intrude a tract of gneisses and schists. It is suggested in this paper that the granitic body was formed during a phase of granitization which followed the folding and metamorphism responsible for producing the gneisses and schists. A part of the granite retains mimetic structures inherited from the pre-existing rocks, but the southern part became mobile and developed a new structure. The intrusion of a magmatic granite in dykes and sheets followed the phase of granitization.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 91 , Issue 6 , December 1954 , pp. 484 - 497
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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