Abdelhady AA, Fürsich F (2015)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2015
Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Book Volume: 48
Pages Range: 23-46
Journal Issue: 1
As age-diagnostic fossils are rare in the Middle to Upper Jurassic sedimentary succession of Gebel Maghara, North Sinai, Egypt, and in order to ensure maximal stratigraphic resolution, chronostratigraphic boundaries were determined based on quantitative biostratigraphy. A data matrix comprising 231 macrofaunal taxa in 93 samples from four sections has been processed with the Unitary Association (UA) Method. This led to construction of a sequence of 29 UAs (maximal sets of actually or virtually coexisting taxa), which have been grouped into 14 laterally reproducible association zones. The UA method allowed an in-depth analysis of the stratigraphically conflicting taxa, enabled the biostratigraphic subdivision of the studied interval, and also provided stratigraphic correlation among the measured sections and with the Tethyan ammonite zones.
APA:
Abdelhady, A.A., & Fürsich, F. (2015). Quantitative biostratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Jurassic strata of Gebel Maghara (Sinai, Egypt). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 48(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1127/nos/2014/0053
MLA:
Abdelhady, Ahmed Awad, and Franz Fürsich. "Quantitative biostratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Jurassic strata of Gebel Maghara (Sinai, Egypt)." Newsletters on Stratigraphy 48.1 (2015): 23-46.
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