Transition from continental rifting to oceanic spreading in the northern Red Sea area

Abstract Lithosphere extension, which plays an essential role in plate tectonics, occurs both in continents (as rift systems) and oceans (spreading along mid-oceanic ridges). The northern Red Sea area is a unique natural geodynamic laboratory, where the ongoing transition from continental rifting to...

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Main Authors: Sami El Khrepy, Ivan Koulakov, Taras Gerya, Nassir Al-Arifi, Mamdouh S. Alajmi, Ayman N. Qadrouh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84952-w