Isotopic indicators of deformation in the Red Sea

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1114-1122

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a   Spiro, Baruch ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Hydrothermal; Isotopes; Palaeomagnetic; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; PALAEOMAGNETIC; PALAEOSTRESS ANALYSIS; SEA FLOOR;

BRINES; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEAFLOOR; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 33744902085     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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