A review about tectonic and sedimentary input evolution of the Red Sea rifting basin

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A review about tectonic and sedimentary input evolution of the Red Sea rifting basin

I. Mohamed ABDUALLAH M.^1,²(), Tangyan LIU^1,*()

1. School of Marine and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai　200092, China
2. Faculty of Earth Science, Red Sea University, Port Sudan　33311, Sudan

Received:2020-04-21 Online:2020-12-25 Published:2021-01-22
Contact: Tangyan LIU E-mail:1890003@tongji.edu.cn;tyliu05169@tongji.edu.cn

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I. Mohamed ABDUALLAH M., Tangyan LIU. A review about tectonic and sedimentary input evolution of the Red Sea rifting basin[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2020, 2020(S1): 74-78.

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64PE350	41DR	Aswad Deep	38.269	20.869	2264
64PE350	43DR	Erba Deep	38.195	20.737	2331
64PE350	51DR	Port Sudan Deep	38.356	20.192	1916
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