The orientational characteristics of the structural grain of the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Abdelrahman, Mohammed; El-Etr, Hassan A.

doi:10.1016/0301-9268(78)90061-x

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“…To the north of the previous zone and to the west of the Gulf of Suez, there is a moderate seismic activity between Beni Suef and Cairo, on the River Nile, till Suez, on the apex of the Gulf of Suez (Figure 9). Three fault trends are affecting the Cairo-Suez district: the first one is trending E-W, which aligned by latitude 30°N, and it is very dominant, while the other two (ENE and NW) are spatially more abundant [200]. The faults are predominantly normal, and have produced a series of fault blocks with a large strike-slip component [200].…”

Section: Beni Suef -Cairo -Suez District (Eg-24) Seismogenic Sourcementioning

confidence: 99%

An Updated Seismic Source Model for Egypt

Sawires¹,

Peláez²,

Fat-Helbary³

et al. 2015

Earthquake Engineering - From Engineering Seismology to Optimal Seismic Design of Engineering Structures

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Earthquake Engineering-From Engineering Seismology to Optimal Seismic Design of Engineering Structures 3. Review of seismic zoning studies in Egypt Seismic hazard assessments for Egypt, based on the zoning approach, has been carried out by many authors in the last decades, based upon the main tectonic features prevailed, the dominant tectonic stresses, the history of seismicity in the region, and the distribution of the recorded earthquakes. These authors were used different criteria to obtain seismic source zonation maps.

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Section: Beni Suef -Cairo -Suez District (Eg-24) Seismogenic Sourcementioning

confidence: 99%

An Updated Seismic Source Model for Egypt

Sawires¹,

Peláez²,

Fat-Helbary³

et al. 2015

Earthquake Engineering - From Engineering Seismology to Optimal Seismic Design of Engineering Structures

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“…Abdel-Rahman and El-Etr (1980) considered that the NE-and ENEtrends are equally predominating and regionally persisting throughout the entire area of the Eastern Desert. Meshref and El-Sheikh (1973), analyzed the magnetic data obtained over the Gulf of Suez area to define the tectonic trends, which control the structural pattern of the area.…”

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Aeromagnetic Data Interpretation of Wadi Hawashiya Area for Identifying Surface and Subsurface Structures, North Eastern Desert, Egypt

Soliman¹,

Hassanein²

2009

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The studied area is located within the North Eastern Desert of Egypt. The lithology of this area comprises rocks related to Precambrian, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Albian to Cenomanian, Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian and Quaternary. Aeromagnetic data are fully analyzed and interpreted where the analysis and interpretation are mainly devoted towards outlining significant surface and subsurface tectonic trends and their relationship with T.C. radiometric anomalous zones. According to the qualitative interpretation of the geological and aeromagnetic, and its shaded relief maps, the lineament structural map is constructed through the signatures of the contours and shaded relief of the total aeromagnetic data. Werner de-convolution (dyke model) was applied to the aeromagnetic anomaly map. The depth estimates calculated for these major magnetic anomalies range between 0.5 and 3.9 km. lineament structural map and magnetic depth map values have been utilized to construct the interpretation of the main subsurface structures affecting the studied area, which correlate with the previous studies of aeroradiomtric anomalous zones allover the study area. The obtained results showed the most significant structural trends affecting the distribution of these radiometric anomalies in the present study area. Four main tectonic trends are outlined from the total aeromagnetic and shading relief maps. These trends were defined as N60E, N45W and E-W.

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