Upper Paleocene-lower Eocene calcareous nannofossil stratigraphy at the Misheiti Section, Central Sinai, Egypt

Abstract

Dababiya Quarry Beds (DQBs; Dupuis et al., 2003) that were documented in several sections in Egypt (Tantawy, 2006; Khozyem et al., 2013). 2. Studied section and methods Twenty-two bulk rock samples were investigated from the upper Paleocene-lower Eocene at the Misheiti Section, Central Sinai, Egypt (Figure 1). Smear slides were prepared according to Bown and Young (1998) and investigated using a Zeiss Axio-Photo microscope at Florida State University, USA. We counted 300-400 calcareous nannofossil specimens on the slide to recognize the relative abundances of species (Jiang and Gartner, 1986). The calcareous nannofossil diversity represents the total number of species recorded in the sample. Thoracosphaera fragments greater than 4 µm were counted as a whole specimen (Gardin and Monechi, 1998). The state of preservation of the assemblage was described as good (G) for little or no evidence of etching and/or overgrowth, and moderate (M) when specimens exhibited some overgrowth and/or dissolution but the species was still recognizable (Kasem et al., 2017a). The calcium carbonate

Late Palaeocene to Early Eocene biostratigraphic framework from Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan, Eastern Tethys

“…The Misheiti Section, Central Sinai, Egypt, according to Kasem, Wise Jr, Faris, et al (2020b) (Luciani et al, 2007). Moreover, the Tremp Formation (SBZ 3 to SBZ 6) of the Ager Basin, Central Pyrenees, Spain that contains the cyclic sequence of paralic succession with marine carbonate is correlated to the Patala Formation (SRX 1 to SRX 3) and concluded that the upper part of the Tremp Formation that contains the paralic succession held the P-E boundary (Minelli et al, 2013).…”