Tectonics of the Red Sea region reassessed

W Ghebreab - Earth-Science Reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
The brittle upper level of the continental crust had been rifted with or without ocean opening
many times in many places during the geological past and the process is still happening …

The east African rift system

J Chorowicz - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2005 - Elsevier
This overview paper considers the East African rift system (EARS) as an intra-continental
ridge system, comprising an axial rift. It describes the structural organization in three …

The geometry of listric normal faults and deformation in their hangingwalls

G Williams, I Vann - Journal of Structural Geology, 1987 - Elsevier
In cross-sections containing listric extensional faults, area balancing techniques for depth to
décollement are usually based on either bed length conservation or displacement …

Sedimentary and structural evolution of the northwest Arabian Red Sea margin

HJ Bayer, H Hötzl, AR Jado, B Röscher… - Tectonophysics, 1988 - Elsevier
An investigation of the northwestern margin of the Arabian peninsula (Midyan region)
provides new insights into the two-stage development of the Red Sea graben system: the …

The anatomy of a pull‐apart basin: Seismic reflection observations of the Dead Sea Basin

US ten Brink, Z Ben‐Avraham - Tectonics, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
The Dead Sea Basin (DSB), located along the African‐Arabian plate boundary, constitutes a
good example of a pull‐apart basin because of its large dimensions, its structural simplicity …

Cross section restoration and balancing as aid to seismic interpretation in extensional terranes

MG Rowan, R Kligfield - AAPG bulletin, 1989 - archives.datapages.com
Structural cross sections in extensional terranes can be improved significantly by restoration
and balancing principles originally developed for fold-and-thrust belts. In rift basins and …

Heterogeneous Strain Distribution in the Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa: Implications for Rifting in Magma‐Poor, Multi‐Segment Rift Systems

LJM Wright, CA Scholz, JD Muirhead… - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Half‐graben basins bounded by border faults typify early‐stage continental rifts. Deciphering
the role that intra‐rift faults play in rift basin development is challenging as patterns of early …

Deformation and sedimentary evolution of the Lake Albert rift (Uganda, east African rift system)

B Simon, F Guillocheau, C Robin, O Dauteuil… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study proposed a new reconstruction of the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Lake
Albert Rift based on a biostratigraphical, sedimentological and structural re-evaluation of the …

A new look at Gregory's rift: the structural style of continental rifting

W Bosworth, J Lambiase… - Eos, Transactions …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
We distinguish three major detachment systems and intervening accommodation zones in
the central Gregory Rift of east Africa and point out that the geometry seen here is similar to …

Gravity modeling in the Central African Rift System, Sudan: rift geometries and tectonic significance

GJ Jorgensen, W Bosworth - Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the …, 1989 - Elsevier
Gravity data acquired over approximately 285,000 square kilometers in east-central Sudan
reveal the presence of four major parallel NW-SE trending gravity lows. These anomalies …