Northwestern Desert ==> Shifa Formation Flashcards
1
Q
Author
A
Keeley, 1989
2
Q
Age
Thickness
A
Late Cambrian
300 -1500m
3
Q
Lithology
A
Coarse to medium sandstone with interbedded conglomerate, claystone, skeletal carbonates
4
Q
Equivalent
A
Araba formation in Sinai and northeastern desert
5
Q
Boundaries
A
nonconformity overlies the basement complex, and underlies the Silurian Kohla formation or younger units
6
Q
Faunal content and environment deposition
A
Trilobites, Brachiopods, acritarchs
The abundance of clean sand suggests a near shore high energy environment
