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An ultramafic rock in the precambrian of eastern Sinai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Beyth
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Israel, Malkhe Israel 30, Jerusalem, Israel
H. Grunhagen
Affiliation:
Geological Landesamt, P.O. Box 1080, Krefeld, B.D.R.
A. Zilberfarb
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Israel, Malkhe Israel 30, Jerusalem, Israel

Summary

Two small outcrops of harzburgite and asbestos-bearing serpentinite, occurring S of Di Zahav in eastern Sinai are the first record of ultramafic rocks from the Sinai Precambrian massif.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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