Upper Cenomanian - Lower Turonian (Cretaceous) calcareous algae from the Eastern Desert of Egypt: taxonomy and significance
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Paleosols of the Upper Cretaceous–Lower Tertiary Maghra El-Bahari Formation in the northeastern portion of the Eastern Desert, Egypt: Their recognition and geological significance
The Upper Cretaceous/Lower Tertiary Maghra El-Bahari Formation at Gabal Ataqa and Gabal Shabrawet in the northeastern portion of the Eastern Desert of Egypt is subdivided into two informal lithostratigraphic parts: lower and upper. The lower part has common features of alluvial floodplain-dominated deposits with occasional occurrences of crevasse splay deposits. The upper part has sediments typ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1221-0803,1937-8602
DOI: 10.5038/1937-8602.55.1.4