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Study of Conrad and Shaban deep brines, Red Sea, using bathymetric, parasound and seismic surveys
NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics • 2017
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed Salem
Keywords
Conrad Deep, Shaban Deep, Brines, Red Sea
Journal
NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics
Publisher
Open Access funded by National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics
Volume
6 (2017) 90–96
Issue
Not Available
Pages
90–96
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Not Available
Abstract
Red Sea was formed where African and Arabian plates are moving apart. Each year the plates drift about 2.5 cm farther apart, so that the Red Sea is slowly but steadily growing hence known as the next coming ocean simply an embryonic ocean. It is characterized by the presence of many deep fractures, located
almost exactly along the middle of the Sea from northwest to southeast. Theses fractures have steep sides, rough bottom and brines coming up form on the bottom. Brine deposits are the result of subsurface magmatic activity. They are formed in graben structure as shown by the bathymetric, parasound and seismic studies in the investigated area.
almost exactly along the middle of the Sea from northwest to southeast. Theses fractures have steep sides, rough bottom and brines coming up form on the bottom. Brine deposits are the result of subsurface magmatic activity. They are formed in graben structure as shown by the bathymetric, parasound and seismic studies in the investigated area.