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| Titel |
Kinematics of Plio-Pleistocene Oblique faults in the Gulf of Suez Rift, West Central Sinai, Egypt |
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Mamdouh Abdeen, Ashraf Abdelmaksoud |
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EGU General Assembly 2015
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 17 (2015) |
| Datensatznummer |
250110100
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2015-10072.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Detailed field mapping and structural studies on a segment of the Gulf of Suez rift in the west central part of Sinai Peninsula indicate the presents of a set of WNW-ESE striking dextral faults cutting another set of NNE-SSE striking sinistral fault. Both fault sets cut and obliterate an older fault set striking NW-SE. The NW-SE striking fault set is known to be of Oligo-Miocene time. The WNW-ESE and the NNE-SSW striking fault affect Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments. Therefore these two fault sets are younger. These angle between these two fault sets are in the range of 60-80 degrees and are believed to be a conjugate fault set that they are temporally associated. These observations indicate that the rifting is still active. This observation is confirmed by earthquake activity at the same area. |
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