Controls on the geometry of transfer zones in the Suez rift and northwest Red Sea: Implications for the structural geometry of rift systems

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 979-1002

  Moustafa, Adel R ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER ZONES;

POLARIMETERS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

DEFORMATION; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; GRABEN; RIFT ZONE; TRANSFER ZONE;

EGYPT; RED SEA;

EID: 0036612490     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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