Rejuvenation of the Tethyan passive continental margin of northern Sinai: deformation style and age (Gebel Yelleq area)

Elsevier BV - Tập 241 - Trang 225-238 - 1995
Adel R. Moustafa1, Samir M. Khalil2
1Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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