This study provides an information about the heavy mineral composition of stream sediments of Wadi Kab - Amiri, Wadi Kab Um El Abas and Wadi El Saqia in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Geological and mineralogical investigations reveal the significant potential of the stream sediments in all the wadis for radioactive anomalies. Mineralogy of the heavy mineral separates includs variable contents of rare metal-, Th- and U-bearing minerals. Monazite, thorite and allanite are recorded in addition to several Nb-Ta-bearing phasess. Electron microprobe and EDX analyses constrain on the variable contents of Th and U in most heavy minerals under investigation. Considering the proximal radiometric anomalies and similar mineralogical composition of the KabAmiriintrusion and the more significant episyenitemass, it is concluded that the investigated stream sediments are endogenic sediments with inherited radiogenic and mineral budget.
A. Wetait, M., El Hadary, A., Khamies, A., Zoheir, B., & M. Elalfi, S. (2014). MINERALOGY OF STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE GABAL KAB-AMIRI AREA, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT. Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 25(Issue 1-D), 63-73. doi: 10.21608/absb.2014.22611
MLA
Mohamed A. Wetait; Ahmed F. El Hadary; Ahmed A. Khamies; Basem A. Zoheir; Sameh M. Elalfi. "MINERALOGY OF STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE GABAL KAB-AMIRI AREA, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT". Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 25, Issue 1-D, 2014, 63-73. doi: 10.21608/absb.2014.22611
HARVARD
A. Wetait, M., El Hadary, A., Khamies, A., Zoheir, B., M. Elalfi, S. (2014). 'MINERALOGY OF STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE GABAL KAB-AMIRI AREA, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT', Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 25(Issue 1-D), pp. 63-73. doi: 10.21608/absb.2014.22611
VANCOUVER
A. Wetait, M., El Hadary, A., Khamies, A., Zoheir, B., M. Elalfi, S. MINERALOGY OF STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE GABAL KAB-AMIRI AREA, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT. Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 2014; 25(Issue 1-D): 63-73. doi: 10.21608/absb.2014.22611