Ichnofabric analysis of the shallow marine Nukhul Formation (Miocene), Suez Rift, Egypt: Implications for depositional processes and sequence stratigraphic evolution

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 239-264

  Malpas, J A ^a   Gawthorpe, R L ^a   Pollard, J E ^a   Sharp, I R ^a  

^a Basin and Stratigraphic Studs Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ichnofabric; Marine flooding surfaces; Miocene; Shallow marine; Suez Rift; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EPIFAUNA; ICHNOFABRIC; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; SUEZ RIFT; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; OPHIOMORPHA IRREGULAIRE; OPHIOMORPHA NODOSA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 10344238966     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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