Wadi Dib ring complex

The Wadi Dib ring complex in the Eastern Desert of Egypt is a circular geological structure visible from space. It is the result of an upwelling of magma that solidified into a series of different rock types, each rock type containing a distinct color. It has a diameter of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi).[1]

References
  1. W. Frisch, A. M. Abdel-Rahman (1999). "Petrogenesis of the Wadi Dib alkaline ring complex, Eastern Desert of Egypt". Mineralogy and Petrology. 65 (3–4): 249–275. doi:10.1007/BF01161963.

See also
  • El-Ramly MF, Hussein AAA (1985) The ring complexes of the Eastern Desert of Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 3: 77–82
  • Frisch, W (1982) The Wadi Dib ring complex, Nubian Desert (Egypt) and its importance for the upper limit of the Pan-African Orogeny. Precambrian Research. vol. 16: A20.
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