Continental breakup by a leaky transform: The gulf of Elat (Aqaba)

Zvi Ben-Avraham; Zvi Garfunkel; Gideon Almacor; John K. Hall

doi:10.1126/science.206.4415.214

Continental breakup by a leaky transform: The gulf of Elat (Aqaba)

Zvi Ben-Avraham^*
, Zvi Garfunkel
, Gideon Almacor
, John K. Hall

^*Corresponding author for this work

Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

The floor of the Gulf of Elat consists of five distinct deeps. Its structure is controlled by faulting which has produced rhomb-shaped grabens. The gulf is a newly formed plate boundary between Arabia and Sinai.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214-216
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	206
Issue number	4415
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.206.4415.214
State	Published - 1979

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