Significance of hypoburrow nodule formation associated with large biogenic sedimentary structures in open-marine bay siliciclastics of the Upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Fayum, Egypt

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 111-128

  Abdel Fattah, Zaki A ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birket Qarun Formation; Ichnology; Late Eocene; Petrography and diagenesis; Stable isotopes; Wadi El Hitan, Fayum

Indexed keywords

BIRKET QARUN FORMATION; ICHNOLOGY; LATE EOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPES; WADI EL-HITAN, FAYUM;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PETROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOTURBATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CEMENTATION; CONCRETION; DOLOMITE; EOCENE; HIGHSTAND; ICHNOFACIES; PARAGENESIS; PARASEQUENCE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE FOSSIL;

EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT];

AMPHORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 78650604803     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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