Relation between continental rifting and uplifting: evidence from the Suez rift and northern Red Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 33-49

  Garfunkel, Z ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0023698039     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(88)90294-6     Document Type: Article

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20. Review of heat flow data from the Eastern Mediterranean region
21. Miocene foraminiferal and calcareous nannoplancton assemblages from the Gulf of Suez region and correlations
22. The tectonic development of the western margin of the Gulf of Elat (Aqaba) rift
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