MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.
Hewaidy, A., Hewaidy, A., Baioumi, A., Makled, W., El Garhy, M. (2018). MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.. EKB Journal Management System, 2018(12), 73-92. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.60545
Abdel Galil Hewaidy; Abdel Galil A. Hewaidy; Abdel Hakam Baioumi; Walid A. Makled; Mohamed M. El Garhy. "MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.". EKB Journal Management System, 2018, 12, 2018, 73-92. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.60545
Hewaidy, A., Hewaidy, A., Baioumi, A., Makled, W., El Garhy, M. (2018). 'MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.', EKB Journal Management System, 2018(12), pp. 73-92. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.60545
Hewaidy, A., Hewaidy, A., Baioumi, A., Makled, W., El Garhy, M. MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 2018(12): 73-92. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.60545

MIOSPORES AND DINOFLAGELLATES BIOZONATION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OFTHE SUBSURFACE LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSIONIN NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT.

Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science
Article 6, Volume 2018, Issue 12, December 2018, Pages 73-92    PDF (529.83 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/absb.2018.60545
Authors
Abdel Galil Hewaidy1; Abdel Galil A. Hewaidy1; Abdel Hakam Baioumi2; Walid A. Makled3; Mohamed M. El Garhy1
1G eology Departme nt, Faculty of Science, Al - Azhar University. P.O.Box 11884
2Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
3Egyptian Petroleum Research I nstitute (EPRI), Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
A palynological analysis has been carried out on the Lower Cretaceous Kharita, Dahab, Alamein and Alam
El Bueib formationsencountered in the subsurface sections of the Mamura-1 (MAX-1), Mersa Matruh-1 (MMX-
1) and Burg El Arab-1(BAX-1) wells, north Western Desert of Egypt. 144 core samples have been analyzed
palynologically and produced 147 species belonging to 102 genera, which allow and recognizing three informal
sporomorph zones and two informal dinoflagellate zones are restricted to northern Western Desert ranging
from Neocomian to Albian ages. They are correlated with the well-documented biozonations established for the
same interval from other localities in the north Western Desert of Egypt and northern Gondwana regions.
According to the relative abundances and paleoecologic characters of the palynomorphs, the Kharita
Formation maybe deposited in an open-marine, warmer and humid climate. The Dahab and Alamein formations
maybe deposited in a shallow to inner shelf environment and under humid, tropical to sub-tropical climatic
conditions. The Alam El Bueib Formation maybe deposited in deltaic; warmer environment under humid
climatic conditions.
Keywords
Kharita Formation; Alamein Formation; Dahab Formation; Alam El Bueib Formation; palynostratigraphy; Paleoecology; Western Desert; Egypt
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