Quseir Formation
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quseir-formation-221-3564670
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Quseir Formation
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The Quseir Formation is a geological formation in the vicinity of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt. It is Campanian In age. The lithology largely consists of soft shale with hard bands of sandstone, siltstone and phosphorite. The environment of deposition was nearshore to freshwater fluvio-lacustrine characterized by moist and aquatic habitats with a tropical warm-humid climate. It is conformably overlain by the marine late Campanian-Maastrichtian Duwi Formation, and unconformably overlies the Turonian
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quseir_Formation
date created:
2018-07-09T14:24:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T21:37:33Z
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