PHOTOGEOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF EAST SOHAG AREA, NILE VALLEY, EGYPT
RIFAT MOHRIZ MOHAMED HASSANEIN;
Abstract
The region of Sohag, in southern Egypt, has been studied in detail in the fields of stratigraphy, microfacies, petrography, paleontology and regional structural geology, e.g.
Amer et at. (1970); Abdel-Kireem (1972), Omara et at. (1973); Yehia (1973); Abdallah
(1974); Mostafa (1979); Ahmed (1980); Mansour and Philobbos (1983); El Attar (1990). However, only few detailed structural analysis of this region has been published and, therefore, the present work is mainly concerned with the study of the observed field structural data, particularly the mesostructures, as well as geomorphological and
photostructural analyses of the area east of Sohag.
The study area (about 960 Km2 , lies on the eastern side of the Nile Valley, opposite Sohag City in Southern Egypt It is located between the latitudes 26· 15' to 26· 45' N and longitudes31' 45' to 32' 00' E (Fig. 1). The rock succession of the study area is composed
of apparently horizontal to subhorizontal beds of Lower Eocene limestones; but the present study shows that the area had been subjected to rather perceptible deformation. Since most of these rock types are brittle, the deformation is reflected mostly by fracturing of different
Amer et at. (1970); Abdel-Kireem (1972), Omara et at. (1973); Yehia (1973); Abdallah
(1974); Mostafa (1979); Ahmed (1980); Mansour and Philobbos (1983); El Attar (1990). However, only few detailed structural analysis of this region has been published and, therefore, the present work is mainly concerned with the study of the observed field structural data, particularly the mesostructures, as well as geomorphological and
photostructural analyses of the area east of Sohag.
The study area (about 960 Km2 , lies on the eastern side of the Nile Valley, opposite Sohag City in Southern Egypt It is located between the latitudes 26· 15' to 26· 45' N and longitudes31' 45' to 32' 00' E (Fig. 1). The rock succession of the study area is composed
of apparently horizontal to subhorizontal beds of Lower Eocene limestones; but the present study shows that the area had been subjected to rather perceptible deformation. Since most of these rock types are brittle, the deformation is reflected mostly by fracturing of different
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| Title | PHOTOGEOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF EAST SOHAG AREA, NILE VALLEY, EGYPT | Other Titles | دراسات تصويرية وتركيبية لمنطقة شرق سوهاج ، وادي النيل ، مصر | Authors | RIFAT MOHRIZ MOHAMED HASSANEIN | Issue Date | 1996 |
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