Thermal Alteration of Organic Matter in the Contact of a Rift-Related Basaltic Dyke: An Example from the Black Limestone, Wadi Matulla, West Central Sinai, Egypt

Thermal Alteration of Organic Matter in the Contact of a Rift-Related Basaltic Dyke: An Example from the Black Limestone, Wadi Matulla, West Central Sinai, Egypt

In the Wadi Matulla area, central Sinai, Egypt, an asymmetric baked zone having an average width of 103 m was formed on both sides of a sub-aerial rift-related Oligocene basaltic dyke cross-cutting organic matter-bearing chalky limestone of the Upper Cretaceous Sudr Formation. Advection was the sign...

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Main Authors: Ahmed S. A. A. Abu Sharib, Ali Q. Selim, Mohamed M. Abdel Fattah, Safiya M. Hassan, Ioan V. Sanislav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
baked zone
organic matter
carbonization
maturation
source rock
thermal alteration
Wadi Matulla
Sinai
Egypt
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/5/279

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