Accepted Manuscript Stress-strain analysis and its tectonic implications for the Fatima suture zone, western Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia Haitham M. Baggazi, Ali M. Ali Abd-Allah, Abdelhamid Elfakharani, Mohamed Matsah PII: S1464-343X(19)30220-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103567 Article Number: 103567 Reference: AES 103567 To appear in: Journal of African Earth Sciences Received Date: 24 May 2019 Revised Date: 1 July 2019 Accepted Date: 18 July 2019 Please cite this article as: Baggazi, H.M., Ali Abd-Allah, A.M., Elfakharani, A., Matsah, M., Stress-strain analysis and its tectonic implications for the Fatima suture zone, western Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia, Journal of African Earth Sciences (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103567. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.