This book provides a detailed explanation of the exposed rocks in the Cyrenaica Basin, NE Libya. The authors integrate isotope stratigraphy for building a high-resolution age for the exposed rocks of the basin.
Author(s): Osama Rahil Shaltami; Fares F. Fares; Hwedi Errishi; Farag M. EL Oshebi
Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 114
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 General
References
2 Late Cretaceous–Paleocene Depsits
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Field Work
2.3 Stratigraphy
2.3.1 Qasr Al Abid Formation
2.3.2 Al Baniyah Formation
2.3.3 Al Hilal Formation
2.3.4 Al Majahir Formation
2.3.5 Al Athrun Formation
2.3.6 Wadi Dukhan Formation
2.3.7 Al Uwayliayah Formation
2.4 Absolute Age
2.5 Paleoclimate Across the K-Pg Boundary in the Cyrenaica Basin
2.5.1 TEX86 Paleothermometer
2.5.2 Elemental Ratios
2.5.3 Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
2.6 Chemostratigraphy of the Al Uwayliayah Formation
2.7 Conclusions
References
3 Eocene Deposits
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Field Work
3.3 Stratigraphy
3.3.1 Tulmithah Formation
3.3.2 Apollonia Formation
3.3.3 Darnah Formation
3.3.4 Salantah Formation
3.4 Absolute Age
3.5 Chemostratigraphy of the Tulmithah and Apollonia Formations
3.5.1 Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
3.5.2 Major Elements
3.5.3 Trace Elements
3.6 Conclusions
References
4 Oligocene Deposits
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Field Work
4.3 Stratigraphy
4.3.1 Al Bayda Group
4.3.2 Al Abraq Group
4.4 Absolute Age
4.5 Chemostratigraphy of the Al Abraq Group
4.5.1 Chemostratigraphic Unit 1
4.5.2 Chemostratigraphic Unit 2
4.5.3 Chemostratigraphic Unit 3
4.5.4 Chemostratigraphic Unit 4
4.5.5 Chemostratigraphic Unit 5
4.5.6 Chemostratigraphic Unit 6
4.5.7 Chemostratigraphic Unit 7
4.5.8 Chemostratigraphic Unit 8
4.6 Conclusions
References
5 Miocene Deposits
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Field Work
5.3 Stratigraphy
5.3.1 Al Faidiyah Formation
5.3.2 Ar Rajmah Group
5.4 Absolute Age
5.5 Mediterranean Hydrology in the Cyrenaica Basin During the MSC
5.6 Conclusions
References
6 Pliocene-Quaternary Deposits
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Field Work
6.3 Stratigraphy
6.3.1 Al Hishah Group
6.3.2 Qarat Weddah Group
6.3.3 Tansulukh Formation
6.3.4 Al Hamamah Formation
6.3.5 Al Haniyah Formation
6.4 Absolute Age
6.5 Depositional Environment of the Plio-Pleistocene Formations
6.6 Chemostratigraphy of the Middle-Late Messinian-Early Zanclean Deposits
6.6.1 Biomarkers
6.6.2 Trace Elements and Silicon Isotope
6.7 Conclusions
References
