Mixed Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene siliciclastics-carbonates sedimentation in block-faulted regions: A Model from Wadi Wizr-Wadi Assal area, Red Sea coastal zone, Egypt
The Late Oligocene- Middle Miocene rift sediments in Wadi Wizr-Wadi Assal area south of Quseir could be subdivided into four lithofacies: Facies A : Dominantly alluvial, coarse clastic, fans (Lower part of Ranga Formation). Facies B: Fluviatile coarse and fine siliciclastics, with marine evaporites near the top (upper part of Ranga Formation). Facies C: Open marine, mixed coralgal carbonate-siliciclastic sediments ... Read more