Bahr el Arab Rift
Bahr el Arab Rift is a large geological structure in southwest Sudan .
geography
The Bahr el Arab Rift is a rift valley in the southwest of Sudan. It begins in the north at a Central African Shear Zone and the unfolded Mesozoic sedimentary rocks south of the Darfur Dome . From there it runs together with neighboring rifts to the southeast. Together with the neighboring Abu Gabra Rift , the trench merges into the Muglad Rift . From there the rift system continues through Jonglei Basin , Anza Trough and Lamu Embayment to the Indian Ocean . The rift valley is named after the river of the same name and consists partly of the Baggara Graben , between the border of the Central African Republic and the Nuba Mountains in the east, and the Sudd Graben further south. In the Babanusa -Trough there are enormous faults that become thicker to the south and reach a depth of 5 km (at the Unity Oil Field ) and 11 km (south of the Bentiu Oil Field).
Individual evidence
- ↑ geonames.org .
- ↑ Richard C. Selley: African basins. Elsevier, 1997, ISBN 0-444-82571-1 , p. 114. (books.google.com)
literature
- Michael R. Rosen: Paleoclimate and Basin Evolution of Playa Systems. (= Geological Society of America Special Paper. Volume 289). Geological Society of America, 1994, ISBN 0-8137-2289-6 , p. 34. (books.google.de)
- Ramsis B. Salama: Rift Basins of the Sudan. In: Richard C. Selley: African basins. Elsevier, 1997, ISBN 0-444-82571-1 , pp. 105-149. (books.google.com)