Contribution to the tectonic setting of the Northern Galala Plateau, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

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1 Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Egypt

2 Geology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt

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Detailed field investigation of the Northern Galala Plateau (NGP), located between the Cairo-Suez district and Wadi Araba, reveals that the exposed stratigraphic succession in the area are the Abu Darag (oldest), Aheimer, Qiseib, Rieina, Ras El-Abd, Malha, Galala, Thebes and Mokattam (youngest) formations. These formations are traversed by three main trends of extensional faults, which can be arranged from oldest to youngest based on their cross-cutting relations into E-W (to ENE-WSW), NW-SE (to NNW-SSE) and NE-SW (to NNE-SSW). These faulting trends can be affiliated to three main far-field tectonic events, namely the Tethyan rifting, the Clysmic rifting and the Aqaba-Dead Sea transform system, respectively. The objective of the present work is to highlight the main characteristic features of the above-mentioned faulting trends in terms of their geometries and kinematic history. Results obtained from this study will add much more contribution to our knowledge, not only on the tectonic evolution of the GOSR but also to the whole Afro-Arabian Rift System.

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Benha Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Applied and Basic Sciences:
February 2025
Pages 61-68

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