Palynofacies Analysis of Inner Continental Shelf and Middle Slope Sediments offshore Egypt, South-eastern Mediterranean;Analyse des palynofaciès des sédiments de la plateforme continentale interne et du milieu de talus au large de l'Égypte, Méditerranée sud-orientale

Geobios

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-347

  Kholeif, Suzan El Hasanein ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed Ismail ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cysts; Nile Delta; Palynofacies; Phytoclasts; Sedimentary organic matter; South eastern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; DINOFLAGELLATE; FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST); NILE DELTA;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77953687754     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Abrajano T., Aksu A.E., Hiscott R.N., Mudie P.J. Aspects of carbon isotope biogeochemistry of Late Quaternary sediments from the Marmara Sea and Black Sea. Marine Geology 2002, 190:151-164.
2. Aksu A.E., Abrajano J., Mudie P.J., Yasar D. Organic geochemical and palynological evidence for terrigenous origin of the organic matter in Aegean Sea sapropel S1. Marine Geology 1999, 153:303-318.
3. Aksu A.E., Yasar D., Mudie P.J. Paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic circumstances leading to the development of sapropel layer S1 in the Aegean Sea Basins. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 1995, 116:71-101.
4. Aksu A.E., Yasar D., Mudie P.J., Gillespie H. Late glacial-Holocene paleoclimatological and paleoceanographic evolution of the Aegean Sea: micropaleontological and stable isotopic evidence. Marine Micropaleontology 1995, 25:1-28.
5. Bartzokas A., Metaxas D.A., Kateri M., Exarchos N. Sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean. Statistical properties. Rivista di Meteorologia Aeronautica 1991, 51:47-64.
6. Batten D.J. Use of palynologic assemblage types in Wealden correlation. Palaeontology 1973, 16:1-40.
7. Batten D.J. Wealden paleoecology from the distribution of plant fossils. Proceedings of the Geologic Association 85 1974, 433-458.
8. Batten D.J. Palynofacies, organic maturation and source potential for petroleum. Organic maturation studies and fossil fuel exploration 1981, 201-223. Academic Press, London. J. Brooks (Ed.).
9. Batten D.J. Palynofacies, palaeoenvironments, and petroleum. Journal of Micropaleontology 1982, 1:107-114.
10. Batten D.J. Identification of amorphous sedimentary organic matter by transmitted light microscopy. Petroleum geochemistry and exploration of Europe 1983, 275-287. Geological Society Special Publication 12, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford. J. Brooks (Ed.).
11. Batten, D.J., 1996. Chapter 26A. Palynofacies and paleoenvironmental interpretation. In: Jansonius, J., McGregor, D.C. (Eds.), Palynology: principles and applications. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation 3, Dallas, pp. 1011-64.
12. Béthoux J.P. Oxygen consumption, new production, vertical advection and environmental evolution in the Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research 1989, 36:769-781.
13. Béthoux J.-P., Pierre C. Mediterranean functioning and sapropel formation: respective influences of climate and hydrological changes in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Marine Geology 1999, 153:29-39.
14. Bianchi D., Zavatarelli M., Pinardi N., Capozzi R., Capotondi L., Corselli C. Simulations of ecosystem response during the sapropel S1 deposition event. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2006, 235:265-287.
15. Boulter M.C. An approach to a standard terminology for palynodebris. Sedimentation of Organic Particles 1994, 199-216. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. A. Traverse (Ed.).
16. Boulter M.C., Riddick A. Classification and analysis of palynodebris from the Paleocene sediments of the Forties Field. Sedimentology 1986, 33:871-886.
17. Brasseur P., Beckers J.M., Schoenauen R. Seasonal temperature and salinity fields in the Mediterranean Sea: climatological analyses of a historical data set. Deep Sea-Research 1996, 43:159-192.
18. Bujak J.P., Barss M.S., Williams G.L. Offshore east Canada's organic type and color and hydrocarbon potential. The Oil and Gas Journal 1977, 75:198-201.
19. Cheddadi R., Rossignol-Strick M. Improved preservation of organic matter and pollen in eastern Mediterranean sapropels. Paleoceanography 1995, 10:301-309.
20. Cheddadi R., Rossignol-Strick M., Fontugne M. Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimates from 26 to 5ka B.P. documented by pollen and isotopic analysis of a core in the anoxic Bannock Basin. Marine Geology 1991, 100:53-66.
21. Combaz A. Les palynofaciès. Revue de Micropaleontologie 1964, 7:205-218.
22. Cramp A., O'Sullivan G. Neogene sapropel in the Mediterranean: a review. Marine Geology 1999, 153:11-28.
23. De Rijk S., Hayes A., Rohling E.J. Eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1 interruption: an expression of the onset of climatic deterioration around 7ka BP. Marine Geology 1999, 153:337-343.
24. De Vernal A., Rochon A., Turon J.L., Matthiessen J. Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts: palynological tracers of sea-surface conditions in middle to high latitude marine environments. Geobios 1997, 30:905-920.
25. Dow W.G., Person D.B. Organic matter in Gulf Coast sediments. Preprints. 7th Annual Offshore Technology Conference 1975, 85-94.
26. Ducassou E., Mulder T., Migeon S., Gonthier E., Murat A., Revel M., Capotondi L., Bernasconi S.M., Mascle J., Zaragosi S. Nile floods recorded in deep Mediterranean sediments. Quaternary Research 2008, 70:382-391.
27. Fisher M.J. Kerogen distribution and depositional environments in the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire UK. Proceedings 4th International Palynological Conference, Lucknow (1976-1977), 2 1980, 574-580. Tej Kumar Press Pvt. Ltd, Lucknow. D.C. Bharadwaj, H.P. Singh, R.S. Tiwari (Eds.).
28. Gasse F. Hydrological changes in the African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 2000, 19:189-211.
29. Gasse F. Climate and hydrological changes in tropical Africa during the past million years. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2006, 5:35-43.
30. Gastaldo R.A. The genesis and sedimentation of phytoclasts with examples from coastal environments. Sedimentation of Organic Particles 1994, 103-128. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. A. Traverse (Ed.).
31. Harland R., Pudsey C.J. Dinoflagellate cysts from sediment traps deployed in the Bellingshausen, Weddell and Scotia seas, Antarctic. Marine Micropaleontology 1999, 37:77-99.
32. Ibrahim M.I.A., Aboul Ela N.M., Kholeif S.E. Paleoecology, palynofacies, thermal maturation and hydrocarbon source-rock potential of the Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous sequence in the subsurface of the north Eastern Desert, Egypt. Qatar University Science Journal 1997, 17:153-172.
33. Ibrahim M.I.A., Al-Saad H., Kholeif S.E. Chronostratigraphy, palynofacies, source-rock potential, and organic thermal maturity of Jurassic rocks from Qatar. GeoArabia 2002, 7:675-696.
34. Kholeif S.E.A., Mudie P.J. Palynomorph and amorphous organic matter records of climate and oceanic conditions in Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of the Nile Cone, southeastern Mediterranean. Palynology 2009, 32:1-24.
35. Kidd R.B., Cita M.B., Ryan W.B.F. Stratigraphy of eastern Mediterranean sapropel sequences recovered during DSDP Leg 142 and their paleoenvironmental significance. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 42 1978, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, pp. 421-443.
36. Lascaratos A., Roether W., Nittis K., Klein B. Recent changes in deep water formation and spreading in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a review. Journal of Progress in Oceanography 1999, 44:5-36.
37. Lowe J.J., Matthiessen J., de Vernal A. Dinoflagellate cysts and paleoceanography of high latitude marine environments. Journal of Quaternary Science 2001, (16):595-751.
38. Meyers P.A., Negri A. Introduction to 'Paleoclimatic and Paleoceanographic Records in Mediterranean Sapropels and Mesozoic Black Shales'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2003, 190:1-8.
39. Mudie P.J. Circum-Arctic Quaternary and Neogene marine palynofloras: paleoecology and stratigraphical analysis. Neogene and Quaternary Dinoflagellate Cysts and Acritarchs 1992, 347-390. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas. M.J. Head, J.H. Wrenn (Eds.).
40. Murat A., Got H. Organic carbon variations of the eastern Mediterranean Holocene sapropel: a key for understanding formation processes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2000, 158:241-257.
41. Ozsoy E., Hecht A., Unluta U. Circulation and hydrology of the Levantine Bassin: result of POEM coordinate experiments 1985-1986. Journal of Progress in Oceanography 1989, 22:125-170.
42. Patterson W.A., Edward K.J., Maguire D.J. Microscopic charcoal as a fossil indicator of fire. Quaternary Science Reviews 1987, 6:3-23.
43. Pinardi N., Mosetti E. Variability of the large-scale General Circulation of the Mediterranean Sea from observation and modeling. A review. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2000, 158:153-173.
44. Pinardi N., Zavatarelli M. Chapter 32. The physical, sedimentary and ecological structure and variability of shelf areas in the Mediterranean Sea (27S). The Sea: ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of Seas 2005, vol. 14. Harvard University Press.
45. Robert P. Classification of organic matter by means of fluorescence; application to hydrocarbon source rocks. International Journal of Coal Geology 1979, 1:101-137.
46. Rohling E.J. Review and new aspects concerning the formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropels. Marine Geology 1994, 122:1-28.
47. Rohling E.J. Fifth decade of Mediterranean paleoclimate and sapropel studies. Marine Geology 1999, 1-153.
48. Rohling E.J., Cane T.R., Cooke S., Sprovieri M., Bouloubassi I., Emeis K.C., Schiebel R., Kroon D., Jorissen F.J., Lorre A., Kemp A.E.S. African monsoon variability during the previous interglacial maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letter 2002, 202:61-75.
49. Rohling E.J., De Rijk S., Myers P.G., Haines K. Palaeoceanography and numerical modeling: the Mediterranean Sea at times of sapropel formation. Geological Society London, Special Publication 2000, 181:135-149.
50. Rohling E.J., Jorissen F.J., De Stigter H.C. 200years interruption of Holocene sapropel formation in the Adriatic Sea. Journal of Micropaleontology 1997, 16:97-108.
51. Roncalgia L. Palynofacies analysis and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of paleo-hydrographic changes: an example from Holocene sediments in Skâlafjord, Faroe Islands. Marine Micropaleontology 2004, 50:21-42.
52. Rossignol-Strick M. African monsoon, an immediate climate response to orbital insolation. Nature 1983, 304:46-49.
53. Rossignol-Strick M. Mediterranean Quaternary sapropels, an immediate response of the African monsoon to variation of insolation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 1985, 49:237-263.
54. Said R. The River Nile. Geology, Hydrology and Utilization 1993, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
55. Sarjeant W.A.S. Fossil and Living Dinoflagellates 1974, Academic Press, London.
56. Scrivner A.E., Vance D., Rohling E.J. New neodymium isotope data quantify Nile involvement in Mediterranean anoxic episodes. Geology 2004, 32:565-568.
57. Sebag D., Copard Y., Di-Giovanni Ch., Durand A., Laignel B., Ogier S., Lallier-Verges E. Palynofacies as useful tool to study origin and transfers of particulate organic matter in recent terrestrial environments: synopsis and prospects. Earth Science Reviews 2006, 79:241-259.
58. Stanley D.J., Maldonado A. Nile Cone: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sediment dispersal. Nature 1977, 266:129-135.
59. Sedimentation of Organic Particles 1994, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. A. Traverse (Ed.).
60. Tsimplis, M.N., Zervalis, V., Josey, S.A., Peneva, E.I., Struglia, M.V., Stanev, E.V., Theocharis, A., Lionello, P., Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., Artale, V., Tragou, E., Oguuz, T., 2006, Changes in the oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and their link to climate variability. In: Lionello, P., Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., Boscolo, R. (Eds.), Mediterranean Climate Variability. Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences 4, pp. 227-82.
61. Tyson R.V. Late Jurassic palynofacies trends, Piper and Kimmeridge Clay Formations, UK onshore and offshore. Northwest European Micropalaeontology and palynology. British Micropaleontological Society Series 1989, 135-172. Ellis Horwood, Chichester. D.J. Batten, M.C. Keen (Eds.).
62. Tyson R.V. Palynofacies analysis. Applied Micropaleontology 1993, 153-191. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht. D.G. Jenkins (Ed.).
63. Tyson R.V. Sedimentary organic matter-Organic facies and palynofacies 1995, Chapman and Hall, London.
64. Van Bergen P.F., Janssen N.M.M., Alferink M., Kerp J.H.F. Recognition of organic matter types in standard palynological slides. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Organic Petrology. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 45 1990, 9-21. W.J.J. Fermont, J.W. Weegink (Eds.).
65. Williams H.H., Kelley P.A., Janks J.S., Cristensen R.M. The Paleogene rift basin source rocks of central Sumatra. Proceedings of the Indonesian Petroleum Association. Fourteenth Annual Convention, Indonesian Petroleum Association 1985, 57-90.
66. Williams L.A. Subtidal stromatolites in Monterey Formation and other organic rich rocks as suggested source contributors to petroleum formation. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 1984, 68:1879-1893.
67. Zavatarelli M., Pinardi N. The Adriatic Sea modeling system: a nested approach. Annales Geophysicae 2003, 21:345-364.
68. Zonneveld K.A.F., Versteegh G.J.M., de Lenge G.J. Palaeoproductivity and postdepositional aerobic organic matter decay reflected by dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of the eastern Mediterranean S1 sapropel. Marine Geology 2001, 172:181-195.