Cyclicity and sequence stratigraphy of syn-rift Late Neogene mixed carbonates-siliciclastics of the area between Wadi Zug El Bohar and Wadi Dabr, Red Sea, Egypt.
THE LATE OLIGOCENE SEDIMENTS ARE REPRESENTED BY MIXED SILLICICLASTICS AND CARBONATES DEPOSITED UNDER CYCLICAL DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS. BASED ON SIZE VARIATIONS AND MIXING OF FACIES, SIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF CYCLES ARE RECOGNIZED; FINING-UPWARD CYCLES, COARSENING-UPWARD CYCLES, MIXED FLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE CARBONATE CYCLES, MIXED FLUVIAL-RESTRICTED MARINE CARBONATE CYCLES, MIXED SILICICLASTIC-OPEN MARINE CARBONATE CYCLES AND DOMINANTLY OPEN MARINE CARBONATE CYCLES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION ... Read more