Data for Geophysical and Geothermal Modeling of the Western Arabian Limit: A Geodynamic Implication

We propose new interpretations of the geodynamic styles and geothermal anomalies of the Western Arabian shield. Estimates of the lower crust thermal properties were also achieved.

Spectral properties of the potential field were used to define the Curie isotherm, heat fluxes, geothermal gradients, radiogenic heat production, Moho configuration and lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary. In this work, features of the crust and mantle were interpreted from geophysical modeling, with a view to unravel the structural dynamics between the Arabian shield and the Red Sea rift, as well as the influence of these mechanisms on the uplift of the Cenozoic basalts.