Calcareous nannofossil bioevents at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt

Origin of ferricretes in fluvial-marine deposits of the Lower Cenomanian Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

The type section of the Lower Cenomanian Bahariya Formation at Gebel El-Dist (Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert), Egypt, comprises claystones, mudstones, siltstones and sandstones deposited in fluvial-deltaic coastal plain, lagoonal, estuarine and shallow marine environments. The formation is characterized by an abundance of ferruginous sandstones that locally weather to form prominent iron crusts...

Hydrocarbon Potentials in the Northern Western Desert of Egypt

Late Albian adaptive radiation in the calcareous nannofossil genus Eiffellithus

Well preserved nannofossil assemblages in upper Albian and lower Cenomanian hemipelagic sections from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 171B preserve a record of the early history and adaptive radiation of the genus Eiffellithus. Seven distinct taxa are recognized and differentiated, with one previously named taxon (E. monechiae) emended and four new species described: E. praestigium, E. vonsali...

Spectral Analysis of Aster, Hyperion, and Quickbird Data for Geomorphological and Geological Research in Egypt (dakhla Oasis, Western Desert)

This paper presents an evaluation, to which degree geological and geomorphological information can be obtained from modern remote sensing systems like the multispectral ASTER or the hyperspectral Hyperion sensor for a hyperarid desert region like the Dakhla Oasis (Western Desert, Egypt). To account for the enhanced information content these sensors provide, hyperspectral analysis methods, incor...

Remote Roman Fortifications: The Forts of the Kharga Oasis