Integrated depositional model for the Cenomanian–Turonian organic-rich strata in North Africa

S Lüning, S Kolonic, EM Belhadj, Z Belhadj, L Cota… - Earth-Science …, 2004 - Elsevier
During the Late Cenomanian–Early Turonian (C/T) Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE2), organic-
rich strata was deposited in rift shelf basins and slopes across North Africa and in deep-sea …

An overview of the Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events in Egypt, southern Tethys

A Mansour, M Wagreich - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Cretaceous Period (c. 143–66 Ma) attested to successive phases of regional
tectonic activities and large-scale submarine volcanism resulting in increased atmospheric …

Evolution of Cretaceous to Eocene alluvial and carbonate platform sequences in central and south Jordan

JH Powell, BK Moh'd - GeoArabia, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Cretaceous to Eocene succession in central and south Jordan is
characterised by passive continental margin depositional sequences, which pass upward …

Stratigraphy of the Cenomanian–Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event OAE2 in shallow shelf sequences of NE Egypt

A El-Sabbagh, AA Tantawy, G Keller, H Khozyem… - Cretaceous …, 2011 - Elsevier
Two shallow water late Cenomanian to early Turonian sequences of NE Egypt have been
investigated to evaluate the response to OAE2. Age control based on calcareous …

Sequence architecture and carbonate platform configuration (late Cenomanian–Santonian), Sinai, Egypt

J Bauer, J Kuss, T Steuber - Sedimentology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Relative sea‐level changes on the mixed carbonate–siliciclastic platform of Sinai are
manifested in shifts of distinct facies belts (deep‐water facies, high‐energy subtidal, shallow …

Sequence stratigraphic analysis and depositional evolution of the Upper Cretaceous deposits in Ras Budran oil field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

MM Elhossainy, AM Salman, MA Sarhan… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Upper Cretaceous deposits represent significant oil reservoirs in several fields
of the Gulf of Suez province, Egypt. The present work aims to study these sediments in Ras …

Platform configuration, microfacies and cyclicities of the upper Albian to Turonian of west-central Jordan

F Schulze, J Kuss, A Marzouk - Facies, 2005 - Springer
We present a comprehensive facies scheme for west-central Jordan platform deposits of
upper Albian to Turonian age, discuss Cenomanian and Turonian carbonate cycles, and …

Paleoenvironment, sequence stratigraphy and source rock potentiality of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary sediments of Southern Tethys

AA Kassem, A Raafat, AE Radwan, S El Nahas… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Abu Qada Formation is a reference interval for the Cenomanian–Turonian
boundary event in the northeastern margin of Africa. In this paper, geochemical …

Cenomanian–Turonian transition in a shallow water sequence of the Sinai, Egypt

B Gertsch, G Keller, T Adatte, Z Berner… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Environmental and depositional changes across the Late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic
event (OAE2) in the Sinai, Egypt, are examined based on biostratigraphy, mineralogy, δ 13 …

Middle and late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic events in shallow and deeper shelf environments of western Morocco

B Gertsch, T Adatte, G Keller, AAAM Tantawy… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The response of shallow‐water sequences to oceanic anoxic event 2 and mid‐Cenomanian
events 1a and 1b was investigated along the west African margin of Morocco north of Agadir …