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Taphonomy of Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) shell concentrations from Ras El Abd, west Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Journal of African Earth Sciences • 2009
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Gamal M El Qot, Gouda I Abdel-Gawad, Manal S Mekawy
الكلمات المفتاحية
Taphonomy
Middle Jurassic
Shell concentrations
Gulf of Suez
Egypt
المجلة العلمية
Journal of African Earth Sciences
الناشر
Elsevier
المجلد
54
العدد
Not Available
الصفحات
31-36
publication.type
International
رابط البحث
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المواد المرفقة
Not Available
الملخص
The Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) rocks of the Ras El Abd area include three main shell concentrations: a
molluscan shell bed, the lower rhynchonellid bed, and the upper rhynchonellid bed. Analysis of the taphonomic
signatures indicates that; the molluscan shell bed represents a proximal tempestite, the lower
rhynchonellid bed corresponds to a primary biogenic concentration sensu [Fürsich, F.T., Oschmann, W.,
1993. Shell beds as tools in basin analysis: the Jurassic of Kachchh, western India. Journal of the Geological
Society 150, 169–185], and the upper rhynchonellid bed a proximal storm-flow concentration. The
shell concentrations formed below fair-weather wave-base in shallow, relatively high energy
environments.
molluscan shell bed, the lower rhynchonellid bed, and the upper rhynchonellid bed. Analysis of the taphonomic
signatures indicates that; the molluscan shell bed represents a proximal tempestite, the lower
rhynchonellid bed corresponds to a primary biogenic concentration sensu [Fürsich, F.T., Oschmann, W.,
1993. Shell beds as tools in basin analysis: the Jurassic of Kachchh, western India. Journal of the Geological
Society 150, 169–185], and the upper rhynchonellid bed a proximal storm-flow concentration. The
shell concentrations formed below fair-weather wave-base in shallow, relatively high energy
environments.