A preliminary regional geothermal assessment of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-132

  Abdel Zaher, Mohamed ^a,c   Saibi, Hakim ^a   Nouby, Mohamed El ^b   Ghamry, Essam ^c   Ehara, Sachio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic map; Bouguer anomaly map; Egypt; Geothermal resources; Numerical model; Temperature gradient; Temperature logs

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL SPRING;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CALLUNA VULGARIS; MUSA;

EID: 79953758192     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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