Original paper
Geological Studies on the Sakkara Area, Egypt
Youssef, Mourad; Cherif, Omar; Boukhary, Mohamed; Mohamed, Ali
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 168 Heft 1 (1984), p. 125 - 144
22 references
published: Apr 18, 1984
published online: Jul 27, 2018
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/168/1984/125
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Abstract
This work deals with the geology of the Sakkara area, 25 km to the south of Giza Pyramids. It includes a topographic and a geologic map (scale 1:20,000) for the studied area. A general stratigraphic section representing the Tertiary and Quaternary exposures in the area was measured, described and sampled. The paleontologic investigations together with field observations are the basis of the established chronostratigraphy and the paleoenvironmental, tectonic and climatic conclusions.
Kurzfassung
Die Geologie der Gegend von Sakkara (25 km südlich der Giza-Pyramiden) wird dargestellt. Das Tertiär und das Quartär werden mikrofaziell, mikropaläontologisch und sedimentologisch untersucht und anschließend palökologisch und chronostratigraphisch interpretiert.
Keywords
Upper Eocene • Maadi Formation • shale • limestone • microsparite • biosparite • microfacies • Lower Pliocene • Lower Pleistocene • terrace • section • chronostratigraphy • palecology • foraminifers • ostracods • Middle Nile Valley • Sakkara area