High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene succession, Gabal Qreiya area, Upper Egypt

• Published in: Arabian journal of geosciences Vol. 10; no. 24; pp. 1 - 19
• Main Authors: El-Younsy, Ahmed R. M., Obaidalla, Nageh A., Philobbos, Emad R., Salman, Abdelhamid M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cretaceous; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth science; Earth Sciences; Ecological succession; Foraminifera; Formations; High resolution; Original Paper; Paleogene; Resolution; Reviews; Sea level; Sequence stratigraphy; Sequences; Sequencing; Stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy; Facies analysis; Depositional environments; Paleobathymetry; Systems tracts

The Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene succession at Gabal Qreiya area that covers six rock units, Quseir, Duwi, Dakhla, Tarawan, Esna, and Thebes formations, is reviewed through a high-resolution sequence stratigraphic analysis. Six third-order depositional sequences and their associated surfaces and...