Crustal evaluation of the northern Red Sea rift and Gulf of Suez, Egypt from geophysical data: 3-dimensional modeling

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-278

  Saleh, Salah ^a,b   Jahr, Thomas ^b   Jentzsch, Gerhard ^b   Saleh, Ahmed ^a   Ashour, N M Abou ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional modeling; Bouguer and magnetic anomalies; Egyptian off shore; Gulf of Suez; Red Sea rift

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DATA INTERPRETATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AFRICA; EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 33745247174     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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