Southwest Sinai ==> Ataqa (Abu Thora) Formation Flashcards

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Author

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Kostandi 1959

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Age

Thickness

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Lower Carboniferous

200m

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Type Section

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Ataqa 1 well

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Lithology

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White to gray medium-grained kaolinitic sandstone
intercalated with clay beds

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Boundaries

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Overlies Conformity in the Um Boma formation and is topped by basaltic flow

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Distribution

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Gulf of Suez

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Faunal content and environment of deposition

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Trilobite trace Cruziana costata, plant Lepidodendron africanus and L.rhodenum

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