Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

TLP Couvreur, G Dauby, A Blach‐Overgaard… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Maastrichtian anoxia and its influence on organic matter and trace metal patterns in the Southern Tethys Realm of Egypt during greenhouse variability

D Fathy, M Wagreich, E Fathi, MS Ahmed, M Leila… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Maastrichtian organic-rich sediments of Egypt were deposited under a warm greenhouse
climate along the stable African shelf. This study presents an integrated analysis of the …

Tracing the geochemical imprints of Maastrichtian black shales in southern Tethys, Egypt: Assessing hydrocarbon source potential and environmental signatures

D Fathy, A Baniasad, R Littke, M Sami - International Journal of Coal …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study conducted comprehensive bulk and molecular geochemical analyses, as well as
elemental investigations, on seventeen black shale samples collected from the Upper …

Late campanian climatic-continental weathering assessment and its influence on source rocks deposition in southern Tethys, Egypt

D Fathy, R Abart, M Wagreich, S Gier, MS Ahmed… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climatic variability and silicate weathering are remarkable features throughout the Late
Cretaceous period. Late Campanian black shale is considered the most significant silicate …

Organic geochemical signals of Paleozoic rocks in the southern Tethys, Siwa basin, Egypt: Implications for source rock characterization and petroleum system

D Fathy, AF El-Balkiemy, WA Makled… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2023 - Elsevier
Paleozoic sedimentary succession research is valuable for better understanding the global
petroleum province and future hydrocarbon reserves. Paleozoic rocks are the prime source …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemistry of major and trace elements in sediments from the Lubei Plain, China: Constraints for paleoclimate, paleosalinity, and paleoredox environment

C Zou, L Mao, Z Tan, L Zhou, L Liu - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 2021 - Elsevier
As has been greatly affected by sea-level fluctuations since the Holocene, the Lubei Plain is
featured by typical marine and alluvial deposits that records abundant information on the …

Paleoclimatic variability in the southern Tethys, Egypt: Insights from the mineralogy and geochemistry of Upper Cretaceous lacustrine organic-rich deposits

D Fathy, M Wagreich, T Ntaflos, M Sami - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of paleoclimate during global warming periods on Upper Cretaceous lacustrine
deposits is not fully understood. In this study, comprehensive sedimentological …

Organic geochemical characteristics of Zeit source rock from Red Sea Basin and their contribution to organic matter enrichment and hydrocarbon generation potential

YT Hadad, MH Hakimi, WH Abdullah, M Kinawy… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic-rich shale intervals in the Miocene Zeit Formation were collected from seven wells
in the Red Sea basin for compilation of organic geochemical and petrological methods. The …

Occurrence patterns and enrichment influencing factors of trace elements in Paleogene coal in the Fushun basin, China

B Zhang, W Cheng, Q Zhang, Y Li, P Sun… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The occurrence forms of trace elements in coal are of great significance for the clean
utilization, abnormal enrichment, and recovery of beneficial elements in coal. The Fushun …

Factors controlling the distribution of oil shale layers in the Eocene Fushun Basin, NE China

Y Li, P Sun, Z Liu, Y Xu, R Liu, L Ma - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fushun Basin is a typical continental basin filled with organic-rich fine-grained
sedimentary rocks, such as coal, oil shale and greyish green mudstone. Currently, research …