The Paleocene/Eocene boundary in Egypt: An overview

Research Article| June 01, 2003 The Paleocene/Eocene boundary in Egypt: An overview Khaled Ouda Khaled Ouda Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516, Assiut, Egyypt, e-mail: kh_ouda@yahoo.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Khaled Ouda Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516, Assiut, Egyypt, e-mail: kh_ouda@yahoo.com Publisher: Micropaleontology Press First Online: 06 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 0026-2803 Print ISSN: 1937-2795 © 2003 The Micropaleontology Project, Inc. Micropaleontology (2003) 49 (Suppl_1): 15–40. https://doi.org/10.2113/49.Suppl_1.15 Article history First Online: 06 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Khaled Ouda; The Paleocene/Eocene boundary in Egypt: An overview. Micropaleontology 2003;; 49 (Suppl_1): 15–40. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/49.Suppl_1.15 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyMicropaleontology Search Advanced Search Abstract The search for a Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the Paleocene/Eocene boundary has resulted in several concurrent studies of the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene interval in sections across Egypt from the Eastern and Western Deserts to Upper Egypt where spectacular outcrops occur along the Nile Valley. These studies have brought a wealth of data but their conclusions have been occasionally contradictory. I introduce these, and other relevant, sections, describing their lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy, summarizing the main results of their study, and discussing conflicting interpretations. Special attention is given to the interval that yields a record of the short-term events that are specific to the carbon isotope excursion, or CIE, and whose base now constitutes the principal means of correlation of the Paleocene/Eocene boundary. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.