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Liquefaction-induced structures, Hammam Faroun Block, Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt: possible rift-related Neogene seismites

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A pre-rift Upper Cretaceous succession records evidence of a localized liquefaction at the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt. Structurally controlled clastic intrusions, slump-like folds and megabreccia are the common liquefaction-induced structures. The sandstone dykes taper upward with no exposed feeder, and are oriented parallel to and along rift-related conjugate normal faults. The slumps are localized, spatially related to rift-related faults, and preserved within mudstone-dominated layers with more competent sandy shale interbeds. The megabreccias are chaotic, and stretched sporadically along the footwall of a rift-related fault. Meteorite impact, explosive volcanicity, and storm wave actions are excluded as trigger mechanisms. Recent and paleo-earthquake records show that the Neogene Gulf of Suez rift is a seismically active belt with a southward increase in seismic activity. Tectonic-related seismic activity is suggested as a plausible trigger for the liquefaction. Movement along rift-related faults during Oligo-Miocene times might have triggered earthquakes that produced the paleo-seismites.

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Abdel Fattah, M.M., Abu Sharib, A.S.A.A. Liquefaction-induced structures, Hammam Faroun Block, Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt: possible rift-related Neogene seismites. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 112, 1113–1131 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-023-02289-3

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