On the Occurrence of Raised Beach Sediments in the Hammam Faroun Area, Sinai, Egypt PDF

Keywords

sedimentology, beach, Egypt

Abstract

This work describes the occurrence of typical beach sediments. elevated at about 30 m above sea level in the Hammam Faroun area of the Gulf of Suez. These sediments are mainly gravel and sand with a thin Oyster bank and coralline bioclasts. The gravel mostly discoidal in shape . The sedimentology of the sediments is studied and a lowering of the sea level during the Quaternary Period is demonstrated.