"Geological and Sedimentological Studies of the Quaternary Sediments, South of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt"

Abstract

Ten sections of the exposed Quaternary Nile and the Holocene sand sheets sediments were measured and described at the Kafr el Gebel area south of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt. These sections are Kafr el Gebel Gravels, Kafr el Gebel I which divided to 6 sections(1,2,3,4,5,6), Kafr el Gebel II, Sand Sheets I and Sand Sheets II. Several features and observations were recorded. Among these are elevations, bedding, lamination, cross bedding and texture. This study is mainly concerned with paleoenvironmental interpretation and mineralogical study of the exposed Nile terraces of the Quaternary channel bars sediments.

The lithostratigraphy of the study area are Kafr el Gebel Gravels section belongs to Early Pleistocene, Kafr el Gebel I which divided to 6 sections(1,2,3,4,5,6) sections belong to Middle Pleistocene , Kafr el Gebel II belongs to Late Pleistocene, finally Sand Sheets I and Sand Sheets II belong to the Holocene. The Middle Pleistocene sections are correlated with Abbassia Formation while the Early Pleistocene section is correlated with Qasr el Basil Formation.