Key parameter of Pan-African orogenesis traced by volcanosedimentary facies analysis and radiometric dating in the Gharib segment of the Eastern Desert Basement Complex (NE Egypt)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Christoph Breitkreuz
• Co-Applicant: Professor Dr. Hassan Ali Eliwa
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2007 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 36250097

In a German-Egyptian cooperation, the volcanic, sedimentary, metamorphic and intrusive units of the Gharib Segment in the northern part of the Neoproterozoic Eastern Desert Basement Complex of Egypt will be investigated. By combining volcanic and sedimentary facies analysis, petrology, geochemical and isotope measurements (Sr, Nd, Hf) with radiometric dating techniques (SHRIMP, TIMS, Ar- Ar) we aim to reach a differentiated model of the basin evolution and magmatism of the Pan-African orogeny during the Cryogenian-Ediacaran.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Egypt