Abstract:The offshore Matruh and Herodotus basins of NW Egypt represent an underexplored region of the Eastern Mediterranean with only two wells drilled along the margin to date. The Matruh Canyon segment in the broader Matruh Basin appears to be unique in Egypt having a large gravity-driven linked system detached on shale. The updip extension with blocks bounded by listric normal faults (rafts) in the onshore part of the system transitions into downdip contraction with toe-thrust imbrications in the ultra-deep water p… Show more
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