Subsidence in the gulf of suez: implications for rifting and plate kinematics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1988, Pages 249-270

  Steckler, Michael S ^a   Berthelot, François ^b   Lyberis, Nicolas ^b   Le Pichon, Xavier ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GULF OF SUEZ RIFT; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURES; NEOGENE; SINAI TRIPLE JUNCTION; SUBSIDENCE;

EGYPT;

EID: 0024192999     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(88)90019-4     Document Type: Article

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