Newly recorded agglutinated foraminifera from the Qusseir Shales in Gebel Duwi and Abu Had, Eastern Desert, Egypt
This paper describes and illustrates 45 agglutinated foraminiferal species recorded, for the first time, from the Qusseir Shales in Gebel Abu Had and Duwi, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Through the analysis of the reported fauna, 4 agglutinated zones were proposed and defined. On the basis of these biozone...
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| Format: | Article |
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University of Szeged, Department of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology
Szeged
1976
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| Series: | Acta mineralogica-petrographica
22 No. 2 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Kőzettan, Ásványtan, Földtan |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/24608 |
| Summary: | This paper describes and illustrates 45 agglutinated foraminiferal species recorded, for the first time, from the Qusseir Shales in Gebel Abu Had and Duwi, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Through the analysis of the reported fauna, 4 agglutinated zones were proposed and defined. On the basis of these biozones, the age of the Qusseir Shales is assigned to Campanian and Maestrichtian. |
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| Physical Description: | 311-337 |
| ISSN: | 0365-8066 |