Facies, textural and mineralogical characteristics of Syn Rift Oligocene-Neogene siliciclastics south of Wadi Abu Ghusun, Red Sea coastal area:implications to provenance and paleoclimate
The area south of Wadi Abu ghusun exposes a complete section of Oligocene and Neogene sediments. The Oligocene, lower and Middle Miocene are confined to a narrow belt in the north, wheras the Upper Miocene, Pliocene and Plio-Pleistocene sediments are exposed in the rest of the area and cover a wide and elongate depression. Eight main lithofacies associations were distinguished: ... Read more