Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Danian-Selandian succession at the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

  • S. I. Geology of Africa
  • Published:
Arabian Journal of Geosciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The present work deals with the foraminiferal investigations and analyses of the Danian-Selandian (D-S) succession at Naqb El-Rufuf and Umm El-Ghanayim sections in the Kharga Oasis. Five planktonic foraminiferal zones and subzones (P1c, P2, P3a, P3b, and P4a) were recognized within the studied sections. The D/S stage boundary is characterized by a faunal break at the P3/P4 zonal boundary owing to completely or partially absence of the P3b subzone. This hiatus reveals the dual signature of both the eustatic sea-level changes and the regional tectonic event of the Syrian Arc System. The studied interval is subdivided into three transgressive-regressive sequences bounded by three sequence boundaries at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg.) boundary, the boundary between P3a/P3b subzones and the D/S boundary, respectively. The D/S transition is associated with substantial changes in the structure and composition of the foraminiferal assemblages point to extensive paleoenvironmental turnover. The latest Danian sediments were deposited under deep inner-shallow middle neritic environments with oxygen-depleted bottom water conditions and increased trophic level, where an outer neritic environment with meso-oligotrophic and well-oxygenated bottom water conditions prevailed during the deposition of the Selandian deposits.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Al-Wosabi KA, Abu Shama AM (2007) Planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy around the K/P boundary at Matulla section, west central Sinai, Egypt. Egypt J Paleontol 7:87–115

    Google Scholar 

  • Arenillas I (2011) Patterns of spatio-temporal distribution as criteria for the separation of planktic foraminiferal species across the Danian-Selandian transition in Spain. Acta Palaeontol Pol 57:401–422

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arenillas I, Molina E (1997) Análisis cuantitativo de los foraminíferos planctónidos del Paleoceno de Caravaca (Cordillera Bética): bioestratigrafía y evolución de las asociaciones. Rev Española Paleontol 12:207–232

    Google Scholar 

  • Arenillas I, Molina E, Ortiz S, Schmitz B (2008) Foraminiferal and δ13C isotopic event-stratigraphy across the Danian-Selandian transition at Zumaya (northern Spain): chronostratigraphic implications. Terra Nova 20:38–44

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Aubry M-P, Ouda K, Dupuis C, Berggren WA, Van Couvering JA (2007) The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt). Episodes 30:271–286

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Awad GA, Ghobrial MG (1965) Zonal stratigraphy of the Kharga Oasis. Geol Surv Egypt Pap 34:1–77

    Google Scholar 

  • Barthel KW, Herrmann-Degen W (1981) Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary stratigraphy in the Great Sand Sea and its SE margins (Farafa and Dakhla oases), SW desert, Egypt. Mitt Bayer Staatssamml Paläontol Hist Geol 21:141–182

    Google Scholar 

  • Berggren WA, Aubert J (1975) Paleocene benthonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Atlantic-Tethyan regions: midway-type fauna. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 18:73–192

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Berggren WA, Kent D V, Swisher CC, Aubry M-P (1995) A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy. In: Berggren WA, Kent DV, Hardenbol J (eds) Geochronology, Time Scales, and Global Stratigraphic Correlation. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), pp 129–212

  • Berggren WA, Norris RD (1997) Biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics of Paleocene trochospiral planktic foraminifera. Micropaleont 43:1–116

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Berggren WA, Pearson PN (2005) A revised tropical to subtropical Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal zonation. J Foram Res 35:279–298

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Berggren WA, Pearson PN (2006) Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Eocene Morozovella. In: Pearson PN, Olsson RK, Huber BT, Hemleben C, Berggren WA (eds) Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation Special Publication, pp 343–376

  • Bernaola G, Baceta JI, Orue-Etxebarria X, Alegret L, Martín-Rubio M, Arostegui J, Dinarès-Turell J (2007) Evidence of an abrupt environmental disruption during the mid-Paleocene biotic event (Zumaia section, western Pyrenees). GSA Bull 119:785–795

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Boersma A, Premoli-Silva I (1983) Paleocene planktonic foraminiferal biogeography and the paleooceanography of the Atlantic Ocean. Micropaleont 29:355–381

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bornemann A, Schulte P, Sprong J, Steurbaut E, Youssef M, Speijer RP (2009) Latest Danian carbon isotope anomaly and associated environmental change in the southern Tethys (Nile Basin, Egypt). J Geol Soc Lond 166:1135–1142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bralower TJ (2002) Evidence of surface water oligotrophy during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: nannofossil assemblage data from Ocean Drilling Program Site 690, Maud Rise, Weddell Sea. Paleoceanogra 17:11–13

    Google Scholar 

  • Clemmensen A, Thomsen E (2005) Palaeoenvironmental changes across the Danian-Selandian boundary in the North Sea Basin. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 219:351–394

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Corliss BH (1985) Microhabitats of benthic foraminifera within deep-sea sediments. Nature 314:435–438

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Azabi MH, El-Araby A (2000) Depositional cycles: an approach to the sequence stratigraphy of the Dakhla Formation, west Dakhla-Farafra stretch, Western Desert, Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 30:971–996

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Azabi MH, Farouk S (2011) High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Maastrichtian-Ypresian succession along the eastern scarp face of Kharga Oasis, southern Western Desert, Egypt. Sedimentol 58:579–617

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Dawy MH, Hewaidy AA (2003) Biostratigraphy, paleobathymetery, and biogeography of some late Maastrichtian-early Eocene Rotaliina from Egypt. Egypt J Paleontol 3:55–86

    Google Scholar 

  • El-Hawat AS (1997) Sedimentary basins of Egypt: an overview of dynamic stratigraphy. In: Selley RC (ed) African basin. Sedimentary basins of the world. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 39–85

    Google Scholar 

  • El-Naggar ZRM (1966) Stratigraphy and planktonic foraminifera of Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary succession in the Esna-Idfu region, Nile Valley, Egypt, U.A.R. Brit Mus Nat Hist Bull Suppl 2:1–291

    Google Scholar 

  • El-Younsy ARM, Obaidalla NA, Philobbos ER, Salman AM (2017) High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene succession, Gabal Qreiya area, Upper Egypt. Arab J Geosci 10:1–19

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Faris M, Farouk S (2012) Integrated biostratigraphy of two upper Maastrichtian–Paleocene successions in north-central Sinai, Egypt. Geol Croat 65:139–160

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Faris M, Obaidalla NA, Metwally AA, Salman A, Zaky AS (2018) Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene tectonic events at Farafra-Abu Minqar Stretch, Western Desert, Egypt: results from calcareous plankton. Arab J Geosci 11:1–18

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farouk S (2016) Paleocene stratigraphy in Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 113:126–152

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farouk S, Askalany M, Ahmad F, Youssef M, Taha S, El-Sorogy A (2018) Micropalaeontological and isotopic analyses of the middle Palaeocene succession at Gebel Nezzi (Luxor, Egypt): Implications for eustatic changes. Geol J:1–19

  • Farouk S, El-Sorogy A (2015) Danian/Selandian unconformity in the central and southern Western Desert of Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 103:42–53

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farouk S, Faris M (2013) Calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal bio-events of the Danian-Selandian transition of the Quseir area, northwestern Red Sea margin, Egypt. Micropaleont 59:201–222

    Google Scholar 

  • Guasti E, Kouwenhoven TJ, Brinkhuis H, Speijer RP (2005) Paleocene sea-level and productivity changes at the southern Tethyan margin (El Kef, Tunisia). Mar Micropaleontol 55:1–17

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guasti E, Speijer RP, Brinkhuis H, Smit J, Steurbaut E (2006) Paleoenvironmental change at the Danian-Selandian transition in Tunisia: foraminifera, organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst and calcareous nannofossil records. Mar Micropaleontol 59:210–229

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hammer Ø, Harper DAT, Ryan PD (2001) PAST: paleontological statistics software package for education and data analysis. Palaeontol Electron 4:1–9

    Google Scholar 

  • Haq BU, Hardenbol J, Vail PR (1987) Mesozoic and Cenozoic Chronostratigraphy and Cycles of Sea-Level Change. In: Wilgus CK, Hastings BS, Kendall CGSC, Ross CA, Van Wagoner JC (eds) Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. SEPM Special Publication No.42, pp 71–108

  • Hardenbol J, Thierry J, Farley MB, De Graciansky PC, Vail PR (1998) Mesozoic-Cenozoic sequence chronostratigraphy framework of European basins. In: De Graciansky PC, Hardenbol J, Jacquin T (eds) Sequence Stratigraphy of European Basins. SEPM. Special Publication No. 60, pp 3–14

  • Hefny M, Youssef M (2015) Biostratigraphy and stage boundaries of the Upper Cretaceous–Early Paleogene successions in southern Galala area, North-Eastern Desert, Egypt. Hist Biol 27:68–89

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hermina M (1990) The surroundings of Kharga, Dakhla and Farafra oases. In: Said R (ed) The geology of Egypt. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 259–292

    Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA (1994) Biostratigraphy and paleobathymetry of the Garra-Kurkur area, southwest Aswan, Egypt. MERC Ain Shams Univ Earth Sci Ser 8:48–73

    Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA (1990) Stratigraphy and paleobathymetry of Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary exposures in Beris-Doush area, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Qatar Univ Sci Bull 10:297–314

    Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA, Farouk S, Aly HA, Bazeen YS (2014) Maastrichtian to Paleocene agglutinated foraminifera from the Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Egypt J Paleontol 14:1–38

    Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA, Farouk S, Bazeen YS (2017) Sequence stratigraphy of the Maastrichtian-Paleocene succession at the Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 136:22–43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA, Farouk S, Bazeen YS (2018a) The Selandian/Thanetian transition of the Naqb El-Rufuf section, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt: foraminiferal biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy implications. J Afr Earth Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.10.002

  • Hewaidy AA, Farouk S, Bazeen YS (2019) Benthic foraminiferal paleoecology of the Maastrichtian succession at the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Cretac Res 94:152–167

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hewaidy AA, Qot GM, Moneer EM (2018b) Campanian-Lower Paleogene gastropods from the Kharga Oasis, south Western Desert. Egypt Arab J Geosci 11:1–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-4078-1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Holbourn A, Henderson AS, Macleod N (2013) Atlas of benthic foraminifera. Natural History Museum, London

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Issawi B (1972) Review of Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary stratigraphy in central and southern Egypt. AAPG Bull 56:1448–1463

    Google Scholar 

  • Jehle S, Bornemann A, Deprez A, Speijer RP (2015) The impact of the latest danian event on planktic foraminiferal faunas at ODP Site 1210 (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean). PLoS ONE 10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141644

  • Jorissen FJ, de Stigter HC, Widmark JGV (1995) A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats. Mar Micropaleontol 26:3–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kaiho K (1994) Benthic foraminiferal dissolved oxygen index and dissolved oxygen levels in the modern ocean. Geology 22:719–722

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Karoui-Yaakoub N, Mtimet MS, Grira C, Guesmi W, Bejaoui S (2016) Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the Danian/Selandian in west-central Sinai (Egypt), implications from the Nukhul section. Arab J Geosci 9:1–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Khalil H, Sawy SA (2014) Integrated biostratigraphy, stage boundaries and paleoclimatology of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Eocene successions in Kharga and Dakhla Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 96:220–242

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • King C (2013) Paleocene depositional environments and depositional sequences in the Dababiya Quarry corehole (Egypt). Stratigraphy 9:347–362

    Google Scholar 

  • Klitszch E, List FK, Pohlmann G (1987) Geological map of Egypt: Sheet NG36Sw-Luxor, 1:500,000. The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation/Conoco Coral

  • LeRoy LW (1953) Biostratigraphy of the Maqfi Section, Egypt. GSA Mem 54:1–81

    Google Scholar 

  • Lüger P (1985) Stratigraphie der marinen Oberkreide and des Alttertiarsim sudwestlichen Obernil-Becken (SW-Agypten) unter besonderer Berudcksichtigung der Mikropalaontologie, Palokologie.und Palaogeographie. Berl Geowiss Abh 63:1–150

    Google Scholar 

  • Lüning S, Marzouk AM, Kuss J (1998) The Paleocene of Central East Sinai, Egypt: “sequence stratigraphy” in monotonous hemipelagites. J Foram Res 28:19–39

    Google Scholar 

  • Mtimet MS, Karoui-Yaakoub N, Zagrarni MF, Negra MH (2013) The planctonic foraminifera biostratigraphy and the characteristics of the Danian/Selandian boundary at the north west of Tunisia. Rev Paléobiol 32:267–280

    Google Scholar 

  • Murray JW (1991) Ecology and distribution of benthic foraminifera. Cambridge University Press

  • Norris RD (1996) Symbiosis as an evolutionary innovation in the radiation of Paleocene planktic foraminifera. Paleobiol 22:461–480

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Obaidalla N (2012) Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the upper Cretaceous to mid-Paleocene of the Dababiya Quarry corehole, Upper Nile Valley, Egypt. Stratigraphy 9:229–240

    Google Scholar 

  • Obaidalla NA, El-Dawy MH, Kassab AS (2009) Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the Danian/Selandian (D/S) transition in the Southern Tethys: a case study from north Eastern Desert, Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 53:1–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olsson RK, Hemleben C, Berggren WA, Huber BT (1999) Atlas of Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, vol. 85, 254 pp. Washington, D.C.

  • Olsson RK, Nyong EE (1984) A paleoslope model for Campanian Lower Maastrichtian foraminifera of New Jersey and Delaware. J Foram Res 14:50–68

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Petrizzo MR (2005) An early late Paleocene event on Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean (ODP Leg 198): Evidence from planktonic foraminiferal assemblages. In: Bralower TJ, Premoli Silva I, Malone MJ (eds) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. pp 1–29

  • Said R (1962) The geology of Egypt. Elsevier, Amsterdam

    Google Scholar 

  • Saraswati PK, Srinivasan MS (2015) Micropaleontology: Principles and applications. Springer International Publishing, 224pp. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14574-7

  • Schmitz B, Pujalte V, Molina E, Monechi S, Orue-Etxebarria X, Speijer RP, Alegret L, Apellaniz E, Arenillas I, Aubry M-P, Baceta J-I, Berggren WA, Bernaola G, Caballero F, Clemmensen A, Dinarès-Turell J, Dupuis C, Heilmann-Clausen C, Orús AH, Knox R, Martín-Rubio M, Ortiz S, Payros A, Petrizzo MR, Von Salis K, Sprong J, Steurbaut E, Thomsen E (2011) The global stratotype sections and points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain. Episodes 34:220–243

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soliman MF, Obaidalla NA (2010) Danian-Selandian transition at Gabal el-Qreiya section, Nile Valley (Egypt): lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, mineralogy and geochemistry. Neues Jahrb Geol Palaontol Abh 258:1–30

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soliman MF, Obaidalla NA, Ahmed EA, Ahmed AA, Kurzweil J (2014) Mid-Paleocene event at Gabal Nezzazat, Sinai, Egypt: planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, mineralogy and geochemistry. Arab J Geosci 7:4079–4099

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Speijer RP (2003a) Danian-Selandian sea-level change and biotic excursion on the southern Tethyan margin (Egypt). In: Wing SL, Gingerich PD, Schmitz B, Thomas E (eds) Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the Early Paleogene. Geological Society of America Special Paper 369, pp 275–290

  • Speijer RP (2003b) Systematics and paleoecology of the foraminifer Neoeponides duwi (Nakkady) from the Paleocene of Egypt. Micropaleont 49:146

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Speijer RP (1994) Extinction and recovery patterns in benthic foraminiferal paleocommunities across the Cretaceous/Paleogene and Paleocene/Eocene boundaries. Geol Ultraiect 124:191

    Google Scholar 

  • Speijer RP, Schmitz B (1998) A benthic foraminiferal record of Paleocene sea level and trophic/redox conditions at Gebel Aweina, Egypt. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 137:79–101

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Speijer RP, Schmitz B, Aubry MP, Charisi SD (1995) The latest Paleocene benthic extinction event: punctuated turnover in outer neritic foraminiferal faunas from Gebel Aweina, Egypt. Isr J Earth Sci 44:207–222

    Google Scholar 

  • Sprong J, Kouwenhoven TJ, Bornemann A, Dupuis C, Speijer RP, Stassen P, Steurbaut E (2013) In search of the latest Danian event in a paleobathymetric transect off Kasserine Island, north-central Tunisia. Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 379–380:1–16

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sprong J, Kouwenhoven TJ, Bornemann A, Schulte P, Stassen P, Steurbaut E, Youssef M, Speijer RP (2012) Characterization of the Latest Danian Event by means of benthic foraminiferal assemblages along a depth transect at the southern Tethyan margin (Nile Basin, Egypt). Mar Micropaleontol 86–87:15–31

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sprong J, Speijer RP, Steurbaut E (2009) Biostratigraphy of the Danian/Selandian transition in the southern Tethys. Special reference to the Lowest Occurrence of planktic foraminifera Igorina albeari. Geol Acta 7:63–77

    Google Scholar 

  • Sprong J, Youssef MA, Bornemann A, Schulte P, Steurbaut E, Stassen P, Kouwenhoven TJ, Speijer RP (2011) A multi-proxy record of the Latest Danian Event at Gebel Qreiya, Eastern Desert, Egypt. J Micropalaeontol 30:167–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Steurbaut E, Sztrákos K (2008) Danian/Selandian boundary criteria and North Sea Basin-Tethys correlations based on calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal trends in SW France. Mar Micropaleontol 67:1–29

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tantawy AA, Keller G, Adatte T, Stinnesbeck W, Kassab A, Schulte P (2001) Maastrichtian to Paleocene depositional environment of the Dakhla Formation, Western Desert, Egypt: sedimentology, mineralogy, and integrated micro- and macrofossil biostratigraphies. Cretac Res 22:795–827

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thomas E (1990) Late Cretaceous-early Eocene mass extinctions in the deep sea. Geol Soc Am Spec Pap 247:481–495. https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p481

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thomas E, Shackleton NJ (1996) The Paleocene-Eocene benthic foraminiferal extinction and stable isotope anomalies. Geol Soc Spec Publ 101:401–441

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thomsen E, Heilmann-Clausen C (1985) The Danian-Selandian boundary at Svejstrup with remarks on the biostratigraphy of the boundary in the western Denmark. Bull Geol Soc Den 33:341–362

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Der Zwaan GJ, Duijnstee IAP, Den Dulk M, Ernst SR, Jannink NT, Kouwenhoven TJ (1999) Benthic foraminifers: proxies or problems? A review of paleocological concepts. Earth-Sci Rev 46:213–236

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Van Der Zwaan GJ, Jorissen FJ, de Stigter HC (1990) The depth dependency of planktonic/benthic foraminiferal ratios: constraints and applications. Mar Geol 95:1–16

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Van Itterbeeck J, Sprong J, Dupuis C, Speijer RP, Steurbaut E (2007) Danian/Selandian boundary stratigraphy, paleoenvironment and Ostracoda from Sidi Nasseur, Tunisia. Mar Micropaleontol 62:211–234

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Van Morkhoven FPCM, Berggren WA, Edwards AS (1986) Cenozoic cosmopolitan deep-water benthic Foraminifera. Bull Centres Rech Explor Prod Elf-Aquitaine Mem 11, 421pp

  • Wade BS, Pearson PN, Berggren WA, Pälike H (2011) Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale. Earth Sci Rev 104:111–142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Westerhold T, Rhl U, Donner B, McCarren HK, Zachos JC (2011) A complete high-resolution Paleocene benthic stable isotope record for the central Pacific (ODP Site 1209). Paleoceanography 26. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010PA002092

  • Youssef M (2014) Paleoenvironmental changes in the Paleocene sequence of Dineigil area, South Western Desert (Egypt). Egypt J Paleontol 14:39–63

    Google Scholar 

  • Youssef MI (1957) Upper Cretaceous rocks in Kosseir area. Bull Inst Desert Egypt 7:35

    Google Scholar 

  • Zachos J, Pagani H, Sloan L, Thomas E, Billups K (2001) Trends, rhythms, and aberrations in global climate 65 Ma to present. Science 292:686–693

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zachos JC, Wara MW, Bohaty S, Delaney ML, Petrizzo MR, Brill A, Bralower TJ, Premoli-Silva I (2003) A transient rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Science 302:1551–1554

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

Many thanks extend to the anonymous reviewers for constructive criticisms and valuable comments that greatly improved the manuscript. Prof. Abdullah M. Al-Amri Arabian Journal of Geosciences Editor-in-Chief and the Guest Editor are thanked for the editorial handling and useful comments.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, PO. Box: 11884, Cairo, Egypt

    Abdel Galil A. Hewaidy & Youssef S. Bazeen

  2. Exploration Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Egypt

    Sherif Farouk

Authors
  1. Abdel Galil A. Hewaidy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Sherif Farouk
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Youssef S. Bazeen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Youssef S. Bazeen.

Additional information

This article is part of the Topical Collection on New Advances and Research results on the Geology of Africa

Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Benthic species list

1. Alabamina midwayensis Brotzen, 1948

2. Ammobaculites expansus Plummer, 1933

3. Angulogavelinella avnimelechi (Reiss, 1952)

4. Anomalinoides affinis (Hantken, 1875)

5. Anomalinoides praeacutus (Vasilenko, 1950)

6. Anomalinoides rubiginosus (Cushman, 1926)

7. Anomalinoides susanaensis (Browning, 1959)

8. Anomalinoides zitteli (LeRoy, 1953)

9. Bulimina midwayensis (Cushman and Parker, 1936)

10. Bulimina paleocenica Brotzen, 1948

11. Bulimina strobila Marie, 1941

12. Cibicides farafraensis LeRoy, 1953

13. Cibicidoides alleni (Plummer, 1926)

14. Cibicidoides hyphalus (Fisher, 1969)

15. Cibicidoides libycus (LeRoy, 1953)

16. Cibicidoides pharaonis (LeRoy, 1953)

17. Cibicidoides proprius (Brotzen, 1948)

18. Cibicidoides pseudoacutus (Nakkady, 1950)

19. Cibicidoides pseudoperlucidus (Bykova, 1954)

20. Cribrostomoides trinitatensis Cushman and Jarvis, 1928

21. Frondicularia spp.

22. Gaudryina spp.

23. Gavelinella danica (Brotzen, 1940)

24. Gavelinella lellingensis Brotzen, 1948

25. Gyroidinoides beisseli (White, 1928)

26. Gyroidinoides girardanus (Reuss, 1851)

27. Haplophragmoides excavata Cushman and Waters, 1927

28. Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski, 1901)

29. Laevidentalina colei (Cushman and Dusenbury, 1934)

30. Ornamented lenticulinids

31. Smooth lenticulinids

32. Loxostomoides applinae (Plummer, 1926)

33. Marginulina carri LeRoy, 1953

34. Marginulinopsis tuberculata (Plummer, 1926)

35. Neoeponides duwi (Nakkady, 1950)

36. Neoflabellina jarvisi (Cushman, 1935)

37. Oridorsalis plummerae (Cushman, 1948)

38. Orthokarstenia higazi (Nakkady, 1955)

39. Osangularia plummerae Brotzen, 1940

40. Palmula spp.

41. Praeglobobulimina quadrata (Plummer, 1926)

42. Pseudoclavulina spp.

43. Pullenia jarvisi Cushman, 1936

44. Pulsiphonina prima (Plummer, 1926)

45. Pygmaeoseistron spp.

46. Pyramidulina spp.

47. Reussoolina apiculata (Reuss, 1850)

48. Siphogeneroides eleganta (Plummer, 1926)

49. Spiroplectinella spp.

50. Stilostomella spp.

51. Textularia schwageri LeRoy, 1953

52. Trifarina esnaensis LeRoy, 1953

53. Trochammina spp.

54. Turrilina brevispira Ten Dam, 1944

55. Valvalabamina depressa (Alth, 1850)

56. Valvalabamina planulata (Cushman and Renz, 1941)

57. Valvulineria esnehensis Nakkady, 1950

58. Vulvulina colei Cushman, 1932

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Hewaidy, A.G.A., Farouk, S. & Bazeen, Y.S. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Danian-Selandian succession at the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Arab J Geosci 12, 133 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4229-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4229-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation