Abstract The Afar Depression is a unique place on Earth where active rift processes can be directly observed. It is believed to be close to continental breakup. The Afar hotspot has a …
AR Moustafa, SM Khalil - The geology of Egypt, 2020 - Springer
Crustal separation of Arabia from Africa formed a NNW-SSE oriented continental rift in the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea and a NNE-SSW oriented transform in the Gulf of Aqaba. The …
Global topography, bathymetry, magnetic, and gravity data were analyzed to study the nature of the Red Sea crust to infer its tectonic regime. The Red Sea is a classic example of …
The Møre and Vøring basins of the mid-Norwegian volcanic passive margin are characterized by thick accumulations of Cretaceous to Paleocene sedimentary strata. They …
Our understanding of continent-ocean transition structures and magmatism in the absence of excessive magmatic additions has been guided by the observations and models …
The diversity and complexity of existing models on the structure of the Red Sea is the result of a mobile sedimentary cover that not only hides most of the basement and oceanic …
The coastal region of southwest Saudi Arabia contains a thick sequence of Late Oligocene basalts in the Jizan Group, which accumulated along the continental rift that preceded the …
This richly illustrated book offers a concise overview of the geology of Egypt in the context of the geology of the Arab Region and Northeast Africa. An introductory chapter on history of …
Abstract The Red Sea formed as a consequence of Cenozoic rifting between the African and Arabian plates. While continuous oceanic spreading is active in the southern and central …