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Volume 57 Supplement 8

Special Issue: Applications and Interpretation of Modern Magnetic Surveys

Subsurface structural mapping of Gebel El-Zeit area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt using aeromagnetic data

Earth, Planets and Space volume 57, pages 755–760 (2005)Cite this article

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The Gebel El-Zeit area is located on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. The areas in/and around the Gulf of Suez are generally important due to their hydrocarbon resources. In this study, we have applied gradient interpretation techniques (Euler deconvolution and analytic signal) to the aeromagnetic data of the Gebel El-Zeit area. The main objective of this study is to identify and delineate the possible subsurface structure of the area that may assist in locating new hydrocarbon prospects. Results of Euler method suggested that, on the eastern and western parts of the area, the basement could be observed on the ground (~50 m over the ground) and became more deeper on the central part to reach depth of 5 km (from the ground level). Results from the analytic signal method indicated that, the depth to the basement has an average value of 156 m on the eastern side and 758 m on the western side. Generally, the area is characterized by a graben structure bounded by major faults striking in the NW-SE direction.

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  1. Earth Resources Engineering Department, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Essam Aboud & Keisuke Ushijima

  2. Airborne Geophysics Department, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed Salem

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Aboud, E., Salem, A. & Ushijima, K. Subsurface structural mapping of Gebel El-Zeit area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt using aeromagnetic data. Earth Planet Sp 57, 755–760 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351854

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