Sedimentation and inversion history of three molasse basins of the western Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for the tectonic significance of Hammamat basins

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1511-1534

  Fowler, A ^a   Osman, A F ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Crustal thinning; Hammamat basins; Tectonic extension

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE;

EGYPT;

EID: 84875380186     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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