Development of sedimentary cycles on the east Sahara craton since Silurian time (northwest Sudan/southwest Egypt)

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)

OSTI ID:5720037

Wycisk, P ^[1]

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1. Technical Univ., Berlin (West Germany)

The sedimentary succession of southwest Egypt and northwest Sudan, formerly called the Nubia(n) Sandstone, has been subdivided into a number of formations. The predominantly fluvial sediments which characterize Silurian to Upper Cretaceous strata of this region were repeatedly interrupted by marine transgressions that rapidly progressed toward the south since Ordovician time. Thin, shallow marine sequences of different ages can be traced for more than 1,000 km within the studied area. The development of the sedimentary cycles will be pointed out by surface and subsurface data along a cross section from the southern Dakhla basin in the north to the Misaha trough and Abyad basin in the south.

• OSTI ID: 5720037
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809346-; CODEN: AABUD
• Journal Information: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA), Vol. 72:8; Conference: Mediterranean Basins conference and exhibition, Nice (France), 25-28 Sep 1988; ISSN 0149-1423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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