The role of early lithification in development of chalky porosity in calcitic micrites: Upper Cretaceous chalks, Egypt
dc.contributor.author | Holail, Hanafy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lohmann, Kyger C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-10T18:27:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-10T18:27:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Holail, Hanafy, Lohmann, Kyger C. (1994/01)."The role of early lithification in development of chalky porosity in calcitic micrites: Upper Cretaceous chalks, Egypt." Sedimentary Geology 88(3-4): 193-200. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/31901> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V6X-48BM43R-8F/2/326bfeaab4a3867d74fbd7948e7b810f | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/31901 | |
dc.description.abstract | Petrological and geochemical examination of Upper Cretaceous chalks from the Abu Roash area and Bahariya Oasis (Egypt) provide insights into factors which control porosity development in fine-grained calcitic carbonates.Petrological studies indicate that primary skeletal fabrics of coccoliths and foraminifera in micrites of Abu Roash are well preserved. In contrast, primary skeletal fabrics of the Bahariya Oasis chalks are pervasively altered. Geochemical analysis of these chalks reveals a striking contrast in composition. The high porosity chalks at Bahariya Oasis have depleted isotopic values ([delta]13C = -5.0[per mille sign], [delta]18O = -8.9[per mille sign] PDB) and low concentrations of trace elements (Sr and Na). In contrast, the low porosity chalks at Abu Roash are less depleted in terms of their isotopic values ([delta]13C = 1.0[per mille sign], [delta]18O = -4.0[per mille sign]) and possess elevated concentrations of Sr, Na, Fe and Zn. Importantly, fracture and collapse veins, present only at Abu Roash, are filled with calcite whose [delta]18O value is coincident with that of altered micrites at Bahariya Oasis. The lithic fragments cemented by this calcite, however, retain compositions identical to other lithified limestones at Abu Roash.Differences in fabric and chemistry of the pelagic marine micrites observed between Abu Roash and Bahariya Oasis reflect the degree of early lithification and compaction prior to exposure and meteoric diagenetic alteration associated with regional Late Cretaceous/pre-Eocene subaerial unconformity. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | The role of early lithification in development of chalky porosity in calcitic micrites: Upper Cretaceous chalks, Egypt | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geology and Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of Qatar, Faculty of Science, Geology Department, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/31901/1/0000854.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0037-0738(94)90061-2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Sedimentary Geology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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