Sedimentary History of the Red Sea

Metalliferous Deep-Sea Sediments

“…However, the carbonate-free fractions of sediments from active ridges are depleted in Al and Si, indicating that the absolute quantities of clay minerals are small . Such a mixture of smectites has been reported for Red Sea sediments (Stoffers and Ross, 1974). In two of the East Pacific Rise sediments investigated here, both di-and tri octahedral clays probably are present.…”

Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis

“…The Marmara Sea is forming as a pull-apart basin along the North Anatolian Fault (Armijo et al, 1999(Armijo et al, , 2002. Direct connection with the Indian Ocean is definitively closed and the question of the connection with the Red Sea might be discussed but the presence of Messinian evaporites in the Red Sea (Stoffers and Ross, 1974) suggests that the absolute sea level was very low and thus makes the possibility of a passage to the Mediterranean unlikely (Rouchy, 1986). Temporary connections with the Eastern Paratethys are proposed through the northern Aegean .…”

Palynology and palaeovegetation reconstruction in late Quaternary sediments of the southern Suez Isthmus, Egypt

“…In the late Miocene the connection between the Mediterranean and Red seas was interrupted (Stoffers and Ross, 1974). The Suez Isthmus was a highland from the late Miocene to Pliocene (Said, 1962).…”