Sinai Geology Field Trip - Nov. 9-11, 2000

Nuweiba to Taba and back to Cairo
 
 
 
 
 

Wind carved mushroom formation on Taba Road







 
Tilted sediments
Naqus formation (light sandstone) on top of Araba formation on top of basement rock
"Fiord" in coastline - Taba Road
 Rest stop overlooking "fiord"
 Chevron folds in metamorphic rock
Saleh El Din castle in Gulf of Aqaba
 Lunch at the Taba Hilton
Nonconformity - sandstane over basement rock
Horst/Graben structure - fault is in road
Road to Cairo
Araba sandstone block
Linear fault; sandstaone block dropped down below basement rock
Opposite side of Raod to Caito over Tih plateau
Desert center rest stop - Nadia with Suzanne

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