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The Campanian Duwi and Amman phosphate-rich formations, deposited within shallow marine environments in Egypt and Jordan, have been intensely studied due to their economic interest. These deposits belonged to the giant Tethyan phosphorite belt extending from the Caribbean in the west, through North Africa to the Middle East in the east (Notholt in J Geol Soc London 137:805–893, 1980). This province accounts for the greatest known accumulation of marine phosphorites, possibly in excess of 70 billion metric tons of phosphate rocks (Glenn and Arthur in Egypt Sediment 37:123–148, 1990).
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Ahmad, F., Farouk, S., Abdel Moghny, M.W. (2018). A New Stratigraphic Correlation for the Upper Campanian Phosphorites and Associated Rocks in Egypt and Jordan. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_336
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