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Heat flow in eastern Egypt - The thermal signature of a continental breakupData on the heat flow in eastern Egypt were collected to provide information related to the mode and the mechanism of the Red Sea opening. The data indicate a general increase in heat flow towards the Red Sea (75-100 mW/sq m in a zone within 40 km of the coast compared with 35-55 mW/sq m inland). Moderately high heat flow (about 70 mW/sq m) was found for the Gulf of Suez. Heat production data indicate that the coastal thermal anomaly is not primarily related to crustal radiogenic heat production. Possible causes of the anomaly (one of which could be a high mantle heat flow causing a lithospheric thinning centered beneath the Red Sea) are discussed.
Document ID
19870061042
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Morgan, P.
(Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, TX, United States)
Boulos, F. K.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Hennin, S. F.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
El-Sherif, A. A.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
El-Sayed, A. A.
(Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority Cairo, Egypt)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geodynamics
Volume: 4
ISSN: 0264-3707
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A48316
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-3389
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF INT-78-16649
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF EAR-77-23354
Distribution Limits
Public
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