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Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Paleocene at the Misheiti section, East Central Sinai, Egypt

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Integration of calcareous nannofossil data, δ13C and δ18O values, and carbonate contents of the lower Paleocene–upper Paleocene sequence that crops out at the Misheiti section, East Central Sinai, Egypt, were used to denote the Danian/Selandian (D/S) and Selandian/Thanetian (S/T) stage boundaries. The study interval belongs to the Dakhla and Tarawan formations. Four calcareous nannofossil zones (NP4, NP5, NP6, and NP7/8) were recognized. The base of the Selandian Stage is tentatively placed at the lowest occurrences (LOs) of taxa ascribable to the second radiation of fasciculiths (i.e., Lithoptychius janii). This level is marked by a sudden drop of δ13C and δ18O values and carbonate content. No distinctive lithological changes were observed across the D/S boundary at the study section. A hiatus at the NP5/NP6 zonal boundary is indicated by the condensation of zones NP5 and NP6.

The base of the Thanetian is placed at the base of Zone NP7/8 at the lithological change observed in correspondence to the boundary between the Dakhla and Tarawan formations. The δ13C and δ18O values abruptly decrease slightly above the base of Zone NP7/8. No consistent variations in the carbonate contents were recorded within Zone NP6 or across the NP6/NP7/8 zonal boundary.

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    Atef Masoud Kasem & Esam Zahran

  2. Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA

    Sherwood Wise Jr

  3. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Mahmoud Faris

  4. Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Egypt

    Sherif Farouk

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Kasem, A.M., Wise, S., Faris, M. et al. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Paleocene at the Misheiti section, East Central Sinai, Egypt. Arab J Geosci 10, 455 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3217-4

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