Sedimentary environments and depositional characteristics of the Middle to Upper Eocene whale-bearing succession in the Fayum Depression, Egypt

Sedimentology - Tập 57 Số 2 - Trang 446-476 - 2010
Zaki A. Abdel-Fattah1, Murray K. Gingras1, Michael W. Caldwell1, S. George Pemberton1
1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1‐26 Earth Science Buildings, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada (

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