Published in Nature Communications · View the paper (DOI)
The Red Sea is now considered a mature ocean basin, approximately 13 million years old, with features similar to those of the young southern Atlantic Ocean. The study uses gravity and earthquake data to develop a new tectonic model, revealing hidden structures such as rift axes and transform faults.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Red Sea is no longer a baby ocean Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) · Apr 23, 2021 · first to report
- An ocean 13 million years in the making King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) · Apr 29, 2021