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Ahmed, Ahmed Hassan; Habtoor, Abdelmonem (2015) Heterogeneously depleted Precambrian lithosphere deduced from mantle peridotites and associated chromitite deposits of Al'Ays ophiolite, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Ore Geology Reviews, 67. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.12.018

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TitleHeterogeneously depleted Precambrian lithosphere deduced from mantle peridotites and associated chromitite deposits of Al'Ays ophiolite, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia
JournalOre Geology Reviews
AuthorsAhmed, Ahmed HassanAuthor
Habtoor, AbdelmonemAuthor
Year2015 (June)Volume67
PublisherElsevier BV
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Full ReferenceAhmed, Ahmed Hassan; Habtoor, Abdelmonem (2015) Heterogeneously depleted Precambrian lithosphere deduced from mantle peridotites and associated chromitite deposits of Al'Ays ophiolite, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Ore Geology Reviews, 67. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.12.018
Plain TextAhmed, Ahmed Hassan; Habtoor, Abdelmonem (2015) Heterogeneously depleted Precambrian lithosphere deduced from mantle peridotites and associated chromitite deposits of Al'Ays ophiolite, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Ore Geology Reviews, 67. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.12.018
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Al ā€˜Ays ophiolite complex, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia

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Al ā€˜Ays ophiolite complex, Medina Region, Saudi Arabiaā“˜ Antigorite, ā“˜ Bastite, ā“˜ Breccia, ā“˜ Chlorite Group, ā“˜ Chrome-Spinel (of Dana), ā“˜ Chromitite, ā“˜ Chrysotile, ā“˜ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, ā“˜ Dunite, ā“˜ Ferritchromit, ā“˜ Harzburgite, ā“˜ Magnetite, ā“˜ Olivine Group, ā“˜ Orthopyroxene Subgroup, ā“˜ Peridotite, ā“˜ Serpentine Subgroup, ā“˜ Spinel

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