PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SOME CRETACEOUS ROCKS (APTIAN– LOWER CENOMANIAN) OF NABIL-1 WELL, NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT

Abstract

A palynological analysis has been carried out on the Lower–Middle Cretaceous (Aptian-lower
Cenomanian) rock units encountered in the subsurface section of the Nabil-1 well, north Western Desert
of Egypt. Twenty four ditch cutting samples have been analyzed palynologically and produced 40 species,
which allow recognizing six informal palynomorphs zones restricted to northern Western Desert ranging
from early Aptian to Cenomanian age. The identified zones are CE.1 Elaterosporites klaszii Acme zone,
CE.2 Trilobosporites laevigatus interval zone, AL.1 Araucariacites australis Acme zone, AL.2
Concavissimisporites punctatus interval zone, AL.3 Concavissimisporites sp. sensu Deaf 2009 interval
zone, AP.1 Murospora florida Acme zone and AP.2 Afropollis operculatus Acme zone. The erected
palynozones are not only applicable to the western part of the Western Desert, but valid to the north
Western Desert as well. They are correlated with well-documented zonations established for the same
interval from other sites in the north Western Desert of Egypt and outside in North Africa. The
palaeoenvironmental settings ranged between arid to semi arid in the lower Cenomanian to humid in the
Albian and Aptian with marine conditions that varied between near shore to open marine environment.

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  • Receive Date: 30 January 2022
  • Accept Date: 30 January 2022

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