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Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins Red Sea:- Gulf of Aden

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  1. Bruce H. Purser

    1. Université de Paris Sud, France

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  2. Dan W. J. Bosence

    1. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Geophysical, magmatic and structural framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Geophysical studies on early tectonic controls on Red Sea rifting, opening and segmentation

      • R. Rihm, C. H. Henke
      Pages 29-49

    3. Pre-, syn- and post-rift volcanism on the south-western margin of the Arabian plate

      • G. Chazot, M. A. Menzies, J. Baker
      Pages 50-55

    4. Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden continental margins: new structural and stratigraphic data from Somalia and Yemen

      • P. L. Fantozzi, M. Sgavetti
      Pages 56-76

    5. Structure, sedimentation, and basin dynamics during rifting of the Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea

      • W. Bosworth, P. Crevello, R. D. Winn Jr., J. Steinmetz
      Pages 77-96

    6. Rift development in the Gulf of Suez and the north-western Red Sea: structural aspects and related sedimentary processes

      • C. Montenat, P. Ott d’Estevou, J.-J. Jarrige, J.-P. Richert
      Pages 97-116

  4. Early rift sedimentation and tectonics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Pre-rift doming, peneplanation or subsidence in the southern Red Sea? Evidence from the Medj-zir Formation (Tawilah Group) of western Yemen

      • A.-K. Al-Subbary, G. J. Nichols, D. W. J. Bosence, M. Al-Kadasi
      Pages 119-134

    3. Sedimentary evolution of early rift troughs of the central Red Sea margin, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

      • M. A. Abou Ouf, A. M. Gheith
      Pages 135-145

    4. The sedimentary record of the initial stages of Oligo-Miocene rifting in the Gulf of Suez and the northern Red Sea

      • C. Montenat, F. Orszag-Sperber, J.-C. Plaziat, B. H. Purser
      Pages 146-161

  5. Syn-rift sedimentation and tectonics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Rift-related sedimentation and stratigraphy, southern Yemen (Gulf of Aden)

      • F. Watchorn, G. J. Nichols, D. W. J. Bosence
      Pages 165-189

    3. Miocene isolated platform and shallow-shelf carbonates in the Red Sea coastal plain, north-east Sudan

      • J. H. Schroeder, R. Toleikis, H. Wunderlich, H. Kuhnert
      Pages 190-210

    4. Stratigraphy of the Egyptian syn-rift deposits: correlations between axial and peripheral sequences of the north-western Red Sea and Gulf of Suez and their relations with tectonics and eustacy

      • J.-C. Plaziat, C. Montenat, P. Barrier, M.-C. Janin, F. Orszag-Sperber, E. Philobbos
      Pages 211-222

    5. Extensional tectonics and sedimentation, eastern Gulf of Suez, Egypt

      • K. R. McClay, G. J. Nichols, S. M. Khalil, M. Darwish, W. Bosworth
      Pages 223-238

    6. Carbonate and siliciclastic sedimentation in an active tectonic setting: Miocene of the north-western Red Sea rift, Egypt

      • B. H. Purser, P. Barrier, C. Montenat, F. Orszag-Sperber, P. Ott D’Estevou, J.-C. Plaziat et al.
      Pages 239-270
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Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden presents new case studies and synthesises the results of recent research on the sedimentological evolution of the Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift system. This rift basin is generally regarded as the best natural geological laboratory in the world in which to study the processes of rift formation. Uplift of the rift margins in an arid climate results in extensive three-dimensional exposures of pre- and syn-rift strata and associated structures. These serve as analogues for the understanding and hydrocarbon exploration of deeper buried rift-systems on continental margins such as the North Sea and the Atlantic margins. The Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift is also exceptional in that its stratigraphy spans all stages from pre-rift environments, syn-rift continental to marine environments through the rift to drift transition to post-rift sea-floor spreading.
The work is arranged in eight sections: following a review of the sedimentology and stratigraphy of rift basins, the magmatism and structural evolution of the Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift is reviewed. Subsequently, new case studies are presented of the early rifting environment, syn-rift sedimentation, tectonics and diagenesis, evaporites and salt tectonics. Post-rift sediments of the axial trough are then discussed along with studies of reefs, coastal zone and shelf sediments, and the tectonic geomorphology of the rift margin escarpment.
This work results from extensive new research in the rift basin largely carried out under collaborative research projects by European and Middle Eastern geologists. It will be an invaluable reference work for geoscientists in the hydrocarbon, groundwater and mineral extraction industries, as well as for researchers in university departments of earth sciences, mining and physical geography.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université de Paris Sud, France

    Bruce H. Purser

  • Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

    Dan W. J. Bosence

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins Red Sea:- Gulf of Aden

  • Editors: Bruce H. Purser, Dan W. J. Bosence

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4930-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-73490-8Published: 31 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6068-4Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4930-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 663

  • Topics: Geology, Structural Geology, Economic Geology, Sedimentology, Physical Geography

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