Biostratigraphy and palaeoecological interpretation of the Miocene–Pleistocene sequence at El-Dabaa, northwestern Egypt

Ibrahim, Mohamed I. A.; Mansour, Ahmed M. S.

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01 May 2002

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Biostratigraphy and palaeoecological interpretation of the Miocene–Pleistocene sequence at El-Dabaa, northwestern Egypt

Mohamed I. A. Ibrahim and Ahmed M. S. Mansour

Mohamed I. A. Ibrahim

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Egypt (Current address: Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Qatar, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar)

Ahmed M. S. Mansour

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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