About This Item

Share This Item

The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database

AAPG Bulletin

Abstract


Volume: 56 (1972)

Issue: 8. (August)

First Page: 1448

Last Page: 1463

Title: Review of Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary Stratigraphy in Central and Southern Egypt

Author(s): Bahay Issawi (2)

Abstract:

The Upper Cretaceous-lower Tertiary sedimentary rocks in central and southern Egypt are characterized by gradual facies differentiation of three main types--Nile Valley, Garra-El Arbain, and Farafra. These facies are present in three different basins within the marginal trough on the northern flank of the African shield. Two main parvafacies are recognized, one in the Maestrichtian and the other in the Paleocene; the Nubia Sandstone in southern Egypt represents a heterochronous magnafacies correlatable with several rock units in central Egypt.

Pay-Per-View Purchase Options

The article is available through a document delivery service. Explain these Purchase Options.

Watermarked PDF Document: $14
Open PDF Document: $24

AAPG Member?

Please login with your Member username and password.

Members of AAPG receive access to the full AAPG Bulletin Archives as part of their membership. For more information, contact the AAPG Membership Department at [email protected].