Stratigraphy, facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Eocene succession in the Shabrawet area (north Eastern Desert, Egypt): an example for a tectonically …

E Sallam, HA Wanas, R Osman - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015 - Springer
The Eocene rocks in the Shabrawet area (north Eastern Desert, Egypt) have been
subdivided into three formations that are from base to top: the Minia Formation (Late …

Mid-Eocene alluvial-lacustrine succession at Gebel El-Goza El-Hamra (Shabrawet area, NE Eastern Desert, Egypt): facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy and …

HA Wanas, E Sallam, MK Zobaa, X Li - Sedimentary Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide the depositional facies, sequence stratigraphic and paleoclimatic
characteristics of the Mid-Eocene (Bartonian) continental succession exposed at Gebel El …

Late Oligocene to early Miocene humidity change recorded in terrestrial sequences in the Ili Basin (south‐eastern Kazakhstan, Central Asia)

A Hellwig, S Voigt, A Mulch, K Frisch… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Enhanced aridification of Central Asia driven by the combined effects of orogenic
surface uplift, Paratethys retreat, changes in atmospheric moisture transport and global …

Novel green algal isolates from the Egyptian hyper‐arid desert oases: a polyphasic approach with a description of Pharao desertorum gen. et sp. nov …

AA Saber, K Fučíková, HA McManus… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity of terrestrial algae is still grossly understudied, and African deserts in
particular are barely touched in this respect. Here, four coccoid green algae from oases in …

Mg, C and O isotopic compositions of Late Cretaceous lacustrine dolomite and travertine in the northern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

Y Wang, C Wu, Y Fang, J Ma, B Shen, F Huang, L Li… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Junggar Basin was characterized by high temperature and strong tectonic
activities during the Late Cretaceous, in which a dolomite-forming lacustrine depositional …

Controls on Late Miocene to Early Quaternary continental sedimentation during the development of the Sohag basin, Nile Valley, Egypt

T Mahran, AM Hassan - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Sohag Basin is a Late Cenozoic rift basin that follows the course of the River Nile
and contains a sequence of Early Miocene to Quaternary times. The present study outlines …

Quaternary calcretes of Qazvin Plain (N Iran) based on multi-story geochemical and petrographic signatures

V Davoudi, S Khodabakhsh, G Halverson… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Striking examples of calcretes have been formed in alluvial and aeolian sediments of the
Qazvin Plain in Iran. In the present research, eight profiles were studied, varying from recent …

Geochemical evaluation of calcareous coal horizons, Gebel Crystal, Western Desert, Egypt: Paleoenvironmental implications

AF El-Moghazy, NAA Edress - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Crystal Mountain (also called Gebel Crystal) is a famous karst feature in the
Western Desert of Egypt. It is a huge, unroofed cave composed of chalky limestone that …

Anatomy and stacking pattern of palustrine-dominated carbonate sequences from Cengle Plateau, Paleocene, SE France: A multi-scalar approach

E Roemers-Oliveira, F Fournier, S Viseur… - Sedimentary …, 2024 - Elsevier
An integrated approach combining petrography, photogrammetry, geochronology, SEM, and
geochemical data was utilized to analyze lithofacies, stacking patterns, and lateral facies …

Polyphasic characterization of Westiellopsis prolifica (Hapalosiphonaceae, Cyanobacteria) from the El-Farafra Oasis (Western Desert, Egypt)

AA Saber, M Cantonati, J Mareš, A Anesi, G Guella - Phycologia, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Westiellopsis prolifica, a true-branching cyanobacterium isolated from the hyperarid desert
soil habitats of El-Farafra Oasis (Western Desert of Egypt), was investigated with a …