Beta
234251

Palynofacies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the upper cretaceous sediments, Shushan Basin, northern western desert, Egypt

Article

Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Geology

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the palynofacies analysis and palynomorph assemblages of the Salam-53 well, Shushan Basin, north-western Desert, Egypt to show the shelf conditions throughout the Upper Cretaceous deposits, where two palynofacies types have been documented based on the properties components of palynofacies of the studied ditch cutting samples. PF-1, the upper Bahariya clastic-carbonate layer, and the Abu Roash "G" as well as "F" to "C" members were discovered in the inner shelf setting, marine transgression occurs at the late Cenomanian-Turonian dominated by reducing (suboxic-anoxic) settings with occasional local oxic-dysoxic conditions. The global late Cenomanian marine transgression was primarily responsible for this relative sea level rise. PF-2 represents the remainder of the carbonate section ("B" and "A" members) of the Abu Roash and Khoman formations, which were deposited in middle shelf environments with prominent suboxic-anoxic conditions during a major regional marine transgression, which was primarily associated with the global Turonian-Maastrichtian eustatic sea-level rise. Furthermore, palynofacies analyses were used to reconstruct the vegetation cover and palaeoclimatic conditions at these times, indicating that regional warm and relatively dry climatic conditions prevailed. This based on the presence of Afropollis jardinus, Classopollis spp., Ephedripites spp., Elaterspores, and pteridophytes, indicating a paleoenvironment in which parent plants inhabiting wetlands in a humid condition, developed near the well site.

DOI

10.21608/sjsci.2022.234251

Keywords

Palynofacies, Paleoenvironment, Paleoclimate, Cretaceous, Shushan Basin, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Magdy

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

Email

-

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Amr

Last Name

Deaf

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Miran

Last Name

Khalaf

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

7

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

33485

Issue Date

2022-05-01

Receive Date

2022-02-01

Publish Date

2022-05-01

Page Start

77

Page End

87

Print ISSN

2357-0938

Link

https://sjsci.journals.ekb.eg/article_234251.html

Detail API

https://sjsci.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=234251

Order

234,251

Type

Regular Articles

Type Code

2,359

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Sohag Journal of Sciences

Publication Link

https://sjsci.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023