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DOI	10.1002/gj.4161
	Quaternary lacustrine dolostones of Sahara: New geoheritage evidence from the Farafra Oasis (Egypt)
	Farouk, Sherif; Ruban, Dmitry A.; Al-Khatany, Khaled M.
通讯作者	Farouk, S (corresponding author), Egyptian Petr Res Inst, Explorat Dept, Cairo 11727, Egypt.
来源期刊	GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
ISSN	0072-1050
EISSN	1099-1034
出版年	2021
英文摘要	Oases of the Western Desert of Egypt host numerous geoheritage features. Field investigations in the Farafra Oasis have permitted to establish the presence of brown dolostones occurring in channels incised in the Upper Cretaceous rocks, on slopes of topographic highs, as fills of the karst features, and directly on wide depressions floor. Their origin is linked to carbonate deposition in a palaeolake that existed in the pluvial conditions of the Pleistocene. Such dolostones are rare on regional, national, and even global scales, and, thus, they constitute a high-value geoheritage feature. The latter can be assigned to sedimentary, palaeogeographical, and stratigraphical geoheritage types. The most typical locality of these lacustrine dolostones is North Ain El-Wadi that is proposed as a geosite. This new evidence extends the previous knowledge of the geoheritage of the Farafra Oasis. Although the main utility of the proposed geosite is scientific, this object can also be used for the purposes of geoeducation and geotourism in combination with the other geoheritage resources of the central part of the Western Desert of Egypt.
英文关键词	channel deposition geosite geotourism palaeolake Pleistocene stratigraphy Western Desert
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000647319300001
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352210
作者单位	[Farouk, Sherif] Egyptian Petr Res Inst, Explorat Dept, Cairo 11727, Egypt; [Ruban, Dmitry A.] First Cossack Univ, KG Razumovsky Moscow State Univ Technol & Managem, Moscow, Russia; [Al-Khatany, Khaled M.] King Saud Univ, Coll Sci, Geol & Geophys Dept, Seism Studies Ctr, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Farouk, Sherif,Ruban, Dmitry A.,Al-Khatany, Khaled M.. Quaternary lacustrine dolostones of Sahara: New geoheritage evidence from the Farafra Oasis (Egypt)[J]. King Saud University,2021.
APA	Farouk, Sherif,Ruban, Dmitry A.,&Al-Khatany, Khaled M..(2021).Quaternary lacustrine dolostones of Sahara: New geoheritage evidence from the Farafra Oasis (Egypt).GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL.
MLA	Farouk, Sherif,et al."Quaternary lacustrine dolostones of Sahara: New geoheritage evidence from the Farafra Oasis (Egypt)".GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL (2021).