Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin
The Egyptian passive continental margin is considered a remarkable geologic setting, in addition to being an occupation and manufacturing locality in north Egypt. This work used accessible potential field data, such as marine gravity data, to provide a wider vision of the potential field of the area...
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| description | The Egyptian passive continental margin is considered a remarkable geologic setting, in addition to being an occupation and manufacturing locality in north Egypt. This work used accessible potential field data, such as marine gravity data, to provide a wider vision of the potential field of the area under investigation. The results of the two-dimensional (2D) gravity modelling revealed a good agreement between the modelled gravity and observed gravity fields, including known regional structures found in the investigated area. The findings revealed that crustal modelling was affected by the tectonic structure and the huge thickness of sedimentary layers, which act as barriers to the crystal crust. The results revealed that the crustal thickness and density are spread among the deposited layer and the inferior mantle in the Moho range. Furthermore, it was found that the basement extent lies nearly 6–9 km lower in the northern Egyptian coastline to approximately 13 km under the Herodotus abyssal plain. Moreover, it was shown that the thickness of the sedimentary layers deposit increases near the East Mediterranean Ridge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b738b4c3c09340e784994959f63686b42023-11-24T10:27:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-11-0112231190110.3390/app122311901Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental MarginHamdy A. M. Aboulela0Department of Marine Geology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi ArabiaThe Egyptian passive continental margin is considered a remarkable geologic setting, in addition to being an occupation and manufacturing locality in north Egypt. This work used accessible potential field data, such as marine gravity data, to provide a wider vision of the potential field of the area under investigation. The results of the two-dimensional (2D) gravity modelling revealed a good agreement between the modelled gravity and observed gravity fields, including known regional structures found in the investigated area. The findings revealed that crustal modelling was affected by the tectonic structure and the huge thickness of sedimentary layers, which act as barriers to the crystal crust. The results revealed that the crustal thickness and density are spread among the deposited layer and the inferior mantle in the Moho range. Furthermore, it was found that the basement extent lies nearly 6–9 km lower in the northern Egyptian coastline to approximately 13 km under the Herodotus abyssal plain. Moreover, it was shown that the thickness of the sedimentary layers deposit increases near the East Mediterranean Ridge.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/11901Continental marginfree-air gravityregional and residualcrustal structuretwo-dimensional modelling |
| spellingShingle | Hamdy A. M. Aboulela Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin Applied Sciences Continental margin free-air gravity regional and residual crustal structure two-dimensional modelling |
| title | Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin |
| title_full | Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin |
| title_fullStr | Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin |
| title_short | Marine Geophysical Data and Its Application to Assessment of Crustal Structure along the Northern Egyptian Passive Continental Margin |
| title_sort | marine geophysical data and its application to assessment of crustal structure along the northern egyptian passive continental margin |
| topic | Continental margin free-air gravity regional and residual crustal structure two-dimensional modelling |
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