Short-Term Sea-Level Changes and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Mid-Cretaceous Kharita Formation Reservoirs in Egypt: Insights from Geochemical and Palynological Data.

ABSTRACT: Widespread deposition of siliciclastic sediments with consequent alternations between fine-grained siltstones and shales versus coarse-grained sandstones in the north Western Desert of Egypt provides an archive for mid-Cretaceous sea-level oscillations. This study presents elemental geochemical data as well as palynofacies and palynomorph components of upper Albian reservoirs in the Abu Gharadig Basin, north Western Desert. During the mid-Cretaceous, the studied area is located in the transition zone between the fluvio-deltaic and shallow marine settings at the southern margin of the Tethys Ocean. Thirty rock cutting samples were collected from the Kharita Formation and analyzed for major and trace elements, total organic carbon, and palynological composition. These data, together with geo

SUBMITTER: Mansour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9366940 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature