the story of Suez Gulf During the Late Cretaceous to Eocene, the area was now taken by the rift was a shallow sea added carbonates. In the Middle Miocene, the break-up of the Red Sea rift with seafloor spreading began in the Late Miocene. Post-rift Since the end of the Miocene, the area of the Gulf of Suez rift has started to try post-rift thermal drop accompanied by flooding of the topographically lowest parts of the rift.