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Evolution of geothermal systems around the Red Sea

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Title Evolution of geothermal systems around the Red Sea
 
Creator CHANDRASEKHARAM, D
LASHIN, A
AL ARIFI, N
AL BASSAM, AA
VARUN, C
 
Subject SOUTHWESTERN SAUDI-ARABIA
THERMAL SPRINGS
EGYPT
RIFT
YEMEN
GULF
SUEZ
ENERGY
FIELD
EXPLORATION
Red Sea rift
CO2
Erta Ale
L. Abhe
Afar
Harrats
Suez Gulf
 
Description The current thermal regime around the red Sea was initiated by a mantle plume beneath Ethiopia, Eretria, Yemen and SW of Saudi Arabia at about 31 Ma before the present. The evolution of the geothermal systems around the Red Sea is coeval to the initial onset of volcanism over the separated land masses (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt at 14 Ma. The entire tectono-magmatic activities around the Red Sea gave rise to several geothermal provinces over the continents surrounding the Red Sea, represented by thermal springs and fumaroles at several locations in Eretria, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. These countries have the potential to develop these resources, like Ethiopia, to mitigate CO2 emissions in countries like Saudi Arabia and to enhance the GDP (gross domestic product) of the economically backward countries. The geothermal resources have the potential to make these countries energy independent in future.
 
Publisher SPRINGER
 
Date 2016-01-14T12:44:31Z
2016-01-14T12:44:31Z
2015
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES, 73(8)4215-4236
1866-6280
1866-6299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3710-y
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/17529
 
Language en