| Abstract: | The Pelusium Line, which was defined by Neev (1975) off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, is suggested to form a transcontinental arcuate shear which extends along the following three segments: 1. (A) from Anatolia along the eastern Mediterranean down to the eastern limit of the Nile Delta; 2. (B) across Africa down to the Niger Delta; and 3. (C) across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge along the equatorial fracture zones. A “Central Plate”, composed of South and East Africa and the Arabian and Sinai subplates, has been left laterally shifted along the Pelusium Line relative to the Northwest African Plate. |
