LATE QUATERNARY DEPOSITIONAL PHASES IN TH~ LAKE MANZALA RE~ION; EGYPT•

LATE QUATERNARY DEPOSITIONAL PHASES IN
TH~ LAKE MANZALA RE~ION; EGYPT• .,,”. ‘”, OMRAN E. FRIHY. ,,’ ‘

Coastal Research Institute. ~lexancNl:a. ‘tgypt’:’
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Stratigraphic ‘iflter;pre’tHiofl of petrological
core data in the lilJ.-c ,Hiln!da ;-(‘cdon I’eveol four
deposit ional phases dudng Lat.:. f.’,it’isroren” ttl
Holoc.:·nc. from bose to top t.hese phaSl’S are, [­
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last I,,;!jor eustatic ]nwt’l’ir:g ~,’:’i:l .. ~:·/t:l LIllich (,.used
incr~(;sing if. the ~1 :uv!2tiui’ p’-0,::rf.,~” C\l~r’ the
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sholelinr. pl”ogar<1c,d soa.'ilYt1 l.',~,i,il1g deit,.ic !ot,res due to il sediment supply , [,Lcd fl'''~l discharge of tilt; alJandant iormer Nile ;,r~ni'h' 4- ero~icnal trilnsgression phasr (J,(li~CI I" lH't.Ct ~,;'be,,'· time) comprised of s!tnd of (.on~.t",) epVirU(:ln'.II. (ivero;t:ifn bi' lTiud facies of )iHor'al and %lr',1l eJ)\lrOlllnefll.:. This phas!' pril!lal"ily derLsi !.ed 1'n