Western
Sinai
The Hammam Faraun and The El Qaa fault blocks
Photos
ordered from north (G. Sarbut El Gamal) to south
(Wadi Sidri)
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ETM+ image (Global land cover
facility)
ETM+ image draped over SRTM 3 arc data
(Global land cover facility)
Thal fault
Thal fault. Tanka limestone in HW, Nubian
sandstone in FW
Thal fault core
Wadi Tayiba mines and Thal fault
Wadi Tayiba mines
Wadi Tayiba mines. Fault in Nubian
sandstone
Wadi El Khaboba. Faults in Sudr
chalk
close up
Faults in synrift sediments north of Abu
Zenima
Wadi Darat. Shale smearing
close up
Wadi Darat
close up
close up
Wadi Matulla
Wadi Matulla. Fault lenses
Synsedimentary faults, Wadi
Nukhul
Nukhul fault. Miocene in HW. Esna Shale in
FW smeared along fault
Southern end of Nukhul fault
Fault core
End of Hammam Faraun block
North Wadi
Baba. See Figs. 9 and 10 of Sharp et al.
(2000) for an interpretation
North Wadi
Baba. See Figs. 9 and 10 of Sharp et al.
(2000) for an interpretation
Wadi Baba. Fault in Nubian
sandstone
close up
Southern end of Baba fault. Monocline in
FW
Wadi Sidri fault. Miocene in HW, Nubian
sandstone in FW
Wadi Sidri fault core
Hadadid
Monocline. Chris Jackson and Paul Whipp
(Imperial College) in the
foreground