Integrated planktonic stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Lower-Middle Miocene successions in the central and southern parts of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

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• 作者：Abdel-Galil A. Hewaidy ; Medhat M. M. Mandur…
• 关键词：Lower/Middle Miocene ; Foraminifera ; Calcareous nannoplankton ; Biostratigraphy ; Paleoenvironments
• 刊名：Arabian Journal of Geosciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：9
• 期：2
• 全文大小：10,974 KB
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• 作者单位：Abdel-Galil A. Hewaidy (1)
  Medhat M. M. Mandur (2)
  Sherif Farouk (2)
  Ibrahim S. El Agroudy (2)
  
  1. Faculty of Science, Geology Department, Al-Azhar University, Naser City, 11727, Cairo, Egypt
  2. Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, 11727, Cairo, Egypt
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1866-7538

文摘

Lower to Middle Miocene successions in three offshore wells named GS 160-2, QQ-89, and Ras Elush-2 located in the central and southern parts of the Gulf of Suez were examined for their planktonic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossil assemblages, and paleoenvironments. These successions are subdivided from older to younger into Aquitanian Nukhul, Burdigalian-Langhian Rudeis, Langhian Kareem, and Serravallian Belayim formations. The identified foraminifera includes 54 benthic species belonging to 25 genera and 47 planktonic species belonging to 11 genera, in addition to 64 calcareous nannofossil species belonging to 21 genera. The stratigraphic distribution of these assemblages suggests classifying the studied successions into seven planktonic foraminiferal and six calcareous nannoplankton biozones. The planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannoplankton biozones are integrated. Different environments ranging from shallow inner to outer shelf are recognized. This is based on quantitative analyses of foraminifera including benthic biofacies, planktonic/benthonic ratio, and diversity. Syn-rift tectonics played an important role in configuration of the Miocene depositional history in the Gulf of Suez region.