Occurrence of cyclic palustrine and calcrete deposits within the lower Pliocene Hagul formation, East Cairo district, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 298-312

  Khalaf, Fikry I ^a   Gaber, Ahmad S ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Carbonates; Egypt; Hagul formation; Palustrine; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CALCRETE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PETROGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 47749119194     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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