Sedimentology of Syn-rift Upper Miocene (?) Pliocene sediments of the Red Sea area: A model from the environs of  Mersa Alam , Egypt
THE POST ABU DABBAB EVAPORITE UPPER MIOCENE (?) PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS ALONG THE RED SEA COASTAL AREA SOUTH AND NORTH OF MERSA ALAM COULD BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE LITHOFACIES: FACIES A : DOMINANTLY FLUVIATILE SILICICLASTICS, WITH RESTRICTED MARINE CARBONATES AND EVAPORITES NEAR THE TOP (SAMH MB. OF MERSA ALAM FM.). FACIES B: OPEN MARINE, MIXED SILICICLASTIC-CARBONATE SEDIMENTS DEPOSITED IN BEACH, INTERTIDAL ... Read more