Lithospheric Rifting in the Northwestern Red Sea

北方红海是一个独特的地区， 目前正在经历从大陆裂谷到 海洋海底扩张。最近的工作导致了一个 结构框架的一般理解 然而，在这一问题上仍然存在基本分歧。 对框架解释，特别是 海洋地壳的存在和分布， 有争议因此，首席研究员寻求并 从一个全面的地球物理数据库中获得了访问权。 和迄今为止专有的地球物理调查的关键 面积25~26 N。&对这些数据的研究将使 直接解决争议，并允许预测 各种红海演化模型所做的， 在地球物理和地质条件 框架目前还不清楚。

The northern Red Sea is a unique region that is presently underdoing the transition from continental rifting to oceanic seafloor spreading. Recent work has led to a general understanding of the structural framework of the region; however, there is still a basic disagreement over the interpretation of that framework, and, in particular the possible presence and distribution of oceanic crust is disputed. The principal investigator therefore sought out and obtained access to the geophysical data from a comprehensive and hitherto proprietary geophysical survey of the critical area between 25 & 26 N. Study of this data will allow the controversy to be directly addressed and will allow predictions made by the various models for the evolution of the Red Sea to be tested in an area where the geophysical and geological framework is presently not known.