Implications of some flow sedimentary structures within Miocene evaporitic sequence, Red Sea, Egypt

Conference · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6303103

Wali, A

Some typical flow sedimentary structures were clearly detected within the middle Miocene alternating gypsiferous and anhydritic clays of the evaporitic sequence in Ras Gemsa and Um El-Huweitat localities. Sedimentologic analyses of the different structural forms revealed that they were originally formed from unlithified sediments and due to submarine flowage. These structures were formed as a result of stress-load, compression, and rotation. Such a genetic approach is helpful in deducing the environmental conditions within which these sediments accumulated. Degrees of flowage and affected stresses on similar lithologic associations could be considered strong evidence for correlation within the extended Miocene evaporitic sequence along the Red Sea coast.

• Research Organization: Cairo Univ. Giza, Egypt
• OSTI ID: 6303103
• Report Number(s): CONF-8405216-
• Journal Information: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Vol. 68:9; Conference: AAPG annual convention, San Antonio, TX, USA, 20 May 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
RED SEA
EVAPORITES
SEDIMENTATION
CORRELATIONS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
ORIGIN
TERTIARY PERIOD
AFRICA
CENOZOIC ERA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GEOLOGIC AGES
ROCKS
SEAS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SURFACE WATERS
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