... Tarawan Formation (Fm.), Esna Fm., and the lowermost, Farafra Fm., were included in this study. Lithostratigraphically, the Esna Fm. was subdivided into the Hanadi, Dababiya Quarry, and Mahmiya Members. Three calcareous nannofossil zones (NP7/8, NP9, and NP10) and four subzones (NP9a, NP9b, NP10a...

... the Dababiya Quarry Member of Egypt dating to the PETM. This assemblage—Ras Gharib A—is a snapshot of a time when tropical sea-surface temperatures approached limits lethal for many modern fishes. Despite extreme conditions, the Ras Gharib A fauna is compositionally similar to well-known, midlatitude...

... the top of the Tarawan Chalk). The level is firmly located in conjunction with the base of the carbon isotope excursion (CIE) and is immediately succeeded by ~3.75m of the lithologically distinct Dababiya Quarry Beds. The characteristic planktonic events that are associated with the CIE in oceanic...

... with the effort of a large and growing community of earth scientists to understand the full meaning of the remarkable happenings that transpired during the 2.55 m.y.-long Chron C24r. The proposal of the Dababiya Quarry Section to serve as stratotype for upper Paleocene-lower Eocene chronostratigraphy represents...

... Shale Member of Abdel Razik 1972) to the top of the Thebes Limestone as originally defined by Said (1960) . The thickness of the Paleocene Dakhla Shale at Dababiya is estimated by correlation with adjacent areas. B Rock units from the base of the Tarawan Chalk (0.0) to the top of the Esna Shale...

... Shale (~45m thick; Zones P4c-P7, partim ). The Tarawan/Esna contact is paraconformable, and coincident with the NP8/NP9 and P4a+b/P4c zonal boundaries. The Esna Shale is subdivided into units, and the Dababiya Quarry Beds (=CIE-interval) lie at the base of Unit Esna 2, whereas Unit Esna 3 is much...

... section through the Esna Shale Formation. A detailed study of the Dababiya Quarry Beds has revealed distinct stratigraphic trends in both mineralogy and geochemistry, similar to those reported from Dababiya Quarry itself. In particular, the organic carbon isotope analysis has revealed a pronounced...

... selected in the Dababiya Quarry, near Luxor, at the base of a lithostratigraphic unit where the base of the so-called Carbon Isotope Excursion (CIE) is recorded. The Dababiya Quarry offers remarkable three-dimensional exposures of the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene succession in the Nile Valley which...

... in Coccolithus pelagicus / subpertusa indicates a return to a cooler, mesotrophic to eutrophic environment. TEXT-FIGURE 2 Lithostratigraphic units of the Paleocene-Eocene succession exposed at G. Serai (left), with a detailed description of Dababiya Quarry Beds (right). TEXT-FIGURE 3...

... paleontologic trends observed elsewhere are subdued in the Kilabiya section, the latter shows a phased pattern within the CIE-interval comparable to that of the Dababiya Quarry Beds at Dababiya. Studies on the planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and/or lithostratigraphy of Gebel Owaina have been...

... Abu Ghurra in the southern part of the Upper Nile Valley. The 2.5cm thick PETM-correlative interval lacks the phosphatic-coprolitic horizon(s) typical of the Dababiya Quarry Beds to the north, but does contain elements ( Acarinina africana, Ac. sibaiyaensis and M. allisonensis ) of the planktonic...

... al. (2007) Dupuis et al. (2003) Esna Shale Fm Said (1960) Abu Had Member 43.50 El-Mahmiya Mbr El Quda Bed 65.00 Dababiya Quarry Mbr Bed 5 1.00 Bed 4 0.71 Bed 3 0.84 Bed 2 0.50 Bed 1 0.63 El Hanadi Mbr 7.00 Tarawan Chalk Fm...