On the structures of Abu Roash area and inverted basins of northern Egypt - Comments on “Surface expression of the Syrian arc Kattaniya inverted basin in the Abu Roash area, northeast Western Desert, Egypt: Structural style and tectonic history” by Sayed et al. (2020)

• Published in: Marine and petroleum geology Vol. 142; p. 105261
• Main Author: Moustafa, Adel R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Abu Roash Cretaceous outcrop; Kattaniya inverted basin; Northern Egypt Inverted basins; Syrian arc; Western Desert of Egypt; Wrench structures; Western Desert of Egypt; Northern Egypt Inverted basins; Syrian arc; Wrench structures; Kattaniya inverted basin; Abu Roash Cretaceous outcrop

The paper by Sayed et al.2020 presents detailed structural mapping of the Abu Roash Cretaceous outcrop (SW of Cairo) and integrates the mapping results with the tectonic evolution of the Kattaniya basin as one of the northern Egypt inverted basins. I present in this discussion a different age relati...