Diagenesis of the lower Eocene Thebes Formation, Gebel Rewagen area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Shaaban, Mohamad N ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calcite cement; Chert; Concretionary growths; Diagenesis; Eocene; Thebes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; CHERT; CONCRETION; DIAGENESIS; EOCENE; SHALLOW WATER;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1542652250     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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