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Aeromagnetic analysis of the post-collisional Homrit Waggat ring pluton, Southeastern Desert, Egypt: evidence for cauldron subsidence in a mid-crustal magma chamber

Research Abstract

The post-collisional Homrit Waggat ring pluton exposed in southeastern Egypt preserves a record of events in the magma plumbing system at mid-crustal depths (c. 11 km). The pluton consists of two successive granite rings: an inner syeno-granite ring (c. 630–626 Ma) and an outer alkali granite ring (c. 635 Ma). High-resolution aeromagnetic data for the total magnetic intensity were used to construct vertical cross-sections through the pluton to configure its subsurface geometry and internal structure. A reduction-to-pole filter was applied to the total magnetic intensity data to position the magnetic anomalies directly above their sources. Several derivation techniques were applied to the reduction-to-pole data, including the tilt derivation filter to highlight the subsurface structural contacts and faults, the analytical signal technique to delineate the concentric magnetic rings, and both 3D Euler deconvolution and 2D

Research Authors
Haby S Mohamed, Chao Zhang, Ali A Khudeir, Francois Holtz, Sadeq H Seif, Mohamed A Abu El-Rus
Research Date
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Research Journal
Journal of the Geological Society
Research Year
2026