| Description | Printed programme, typescript abstract* and incomplete lecture notes to the paper "The development of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in relation to plate tectonics" given by Dan McKenzie at the discussion meeting 'The Structure and Evolution of the Red Sea and the Nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopian Rift Junction', held at the Royal Society, London, 27-29 March 1969. Includes cutting of short reports on US oceanographic studies, taken from 'Science', January 1969, and letter of thanks from the Royal Society for McKenzie's contributions to the discussion meeting, 28 April 1969. |
| Administrative History | Only an abstract appears in the meeting's proceedings. McKenzie was unhappy with the 'fitting' of the Red Sea on one of his slides so withdrew it, see: LDGSL/1107/A/1/7, letter dated 26 June 1969. |
| Publication Note | The abstract and following discussion was published in: Falcon, Norman Leslie, ed, "A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia Rift Junction, organized by N. L. Falcon [and others]", 'Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, A: Mathematical and physical sciences' vol 267 (1970) pp1-417. |