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Fig. 1.

From: Fault orientations in the upper crust beneath an intraplate active zone in northern Egypt

Fig. 1.

Tectonic boundaries of the eastern Mediterranean region. Seismicity data (2.0 < mb < 6.8) recorded by ENSN in the period 1997–2005. Thick blue lines are a tentative Red Sea axial rift and its transform faults (Abou Elenean, 2007). The following acronyms denote: SY, Sinai hinge belt; TH, Themed Fault; WA, Wadi Araba; AEG-Aegean Sea; CY-Cyprus; ERA-Eratosthenes Seamount; FL-Florence; IB-Ionian Basin; MR, Mediterranean Ridge; LEV-Levantine Basin; LF-Levant Fault; HER-Herodotus Basin; JAK-Jebel Al Akhdar (Compiled after Abou Elenean and Hussein, 2008).

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