Determination of sedimentary cover and structural trends in the Central Sinai area using gravity and magnetic data analysis

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-206

  Selim, El Sayed ^a   Aboud, Essam ^b,c  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

Baltim fault; Sedimentary cover; Sinai Peninsula; Tethyan trend

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GRAVIMETRY; MAGNETIC METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELIEF; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EGYPT; SINAI;

EID: 82855161297     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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