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Southwest Sinal ==> Araba Formation Flashcards

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Author

A

Hassan 1967

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Age

Thickness

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Cambrian

120 m

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Type Section

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Wadi Araba between El-Tor and Abu Durba, SW Sinai

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Lithology

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Varicolored, Fine to medium to coarse-grained sandstone, conglomeratic at the base

it is subdivided into Sarabit El-khadem (45m)
Abu-Hamata (25m), Nasib (50m)

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Boundaries

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Overlies non-conformity in the basement rocks and underlies conformity in the Naqus Formation

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Distribution

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West Sinai and northeastern Desert
(G.Zeit, and Dakhla)

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Faunal content and environment of deposition

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Trilobites trace fossils ( Cruziana, Skolithus)

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Araba Formation is equivalent to

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Nubia D in the subsurface Gulf of Suez.

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