Facies model of a fine-grained, tide-dominated delta: Lower Dir Abu Lifa Member (Eocene), Western Desert, Egypt

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1313-1356

  Legler, Berit ^a,d   Johnson, Howard D ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Massart, Benoit Y G ^a   Jackson, Chris A L ^a   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   El Barkooky, Ahmed ^b   Ravnas, Rodmar ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c A S Norsk Shell   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elongated tidal bar; Fayum Depression; Inclined heterolithic strata; Lobate tidal bar; Mutually evasive channel; Qasr El Sagha Formation

Indexed keywords

FAYUM DEPRESSION; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATA; MUTUALLY EVASIVE CHANNEL; QASR EL-SAGHA FORMATION; TIDAL BARS;

DEPOSITION; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

ACCRETION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOSOL; PARASEQUENCE; PROGRADATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL CURRENT;

EGYPT; FAIYUM BASIN; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 84880326839     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12037     Document Type: Article

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