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Research Article

Biostratigraphical and paleoenvironmental studies of some Miocene‒Pliocene successions in Northwestern Nile Delta, Egypt

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Received 18 Mar 2023, Accepted 27 Jun 2023, Published online: 27 Jul 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Cuttings and logs from four boreholes in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore the northwestern side of the Nile Delta, Egypt (30°00’–30°24’ N, 31°18’–31°30’ E), were examined lithostratigraphically, biostratigraphically and paleoenvironmentally. Five planktonic foraminiferal zones were determined assigning the studied boreholes to be late Miocene-Early Pliocene in age. These zones are Globorotalia mediteraneaneana Zone Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Zone, Globorotalia margaritae margaritae Zone, Globorotalia puncticulata Zone and Globorotalia inflate. Studying benthonic foraminifera indicated a general shallowing upward trend in all boreholes and tracking the distribution of the foraminiferal assemblages by counting the total number of foraminifera and planktic/benthic ratios provide a history of the progression of deltaic facies with secondary cycles of sea-level change.

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