EESA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ophiolite, Syenite
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280mya major extinction with major eruptions in the west india. Egypt, green belt: nile river: narrow river, that flows through desserts www. notesolution. com, nile delta flows into the mediterranean, flowing from ethiopia, parallels the red sea, north is giza, cairo and south is luxor. ancient egyptian civilization was clusters around these places. giza was the focus of the old kingdom where they built pyramids made of limestone (made of fossil remain organisms, such as shells or corals) Luxor was the home basis of later new kingdom where they built temple complexes made of granite. By ammenakhate ( scribe of the tombs) and portrays. Egyptian source: porphyry: igneous rock with large crystals. 10 times normal sea water: the fort zone is another rift. The floor is subsiding and is well below sea level: the dead sea level is going down because we are using it.
