The document provides a general stratigraphic column for the Western Desert region. It lists rock units from youngest to oldest, including their lithology, time period, formation name, and other details. The main rock units represented are sandstone, limestone, dolomite, shale, and hydrite, ranging in age from Quaternary to Pre-Cambrian basement rocks.

1. WESTERN DESERT
GENERAL STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMN
Jan 2010
SANDSTONE
LIMESTONEDOLOMITE
SHALEANHYDRITE
BASEMENT
LEGEND:
MA ERA PER. MEMBER
QUAT.
L.
M.
L.
A
B
E. C
A
B
B
F
ALAMEIN DOL.
ALAMEIN, RAZZAK,
YIDMA
KHATATBA II
KABRIT
SHUSHA
RAJABIAH
SAFI
DHIFFAH
DESOUQY
395 ZEITOUN
500
KHATATBA
RAS
QATTARA
NUBIA
BIR EL MAGHARA
FORMATION
MASAJID
DABAA
MOGHRA
MARMARICA
BURG EL ARAB
BAHARIYA
ABU ROASH
APOLLONIA
KHOMAN
TURONIAN
CONIACIAN
570
KHARITA
DAHAB
CAMBRIAN
BA-1, BA MARKER
M.
UPPER
D
E.
C
OLIGOCENE
EOCENE
A
G
E
SEAL PRODUCTIONCENOZOIC
ROCK UNIT
LITHOLOGY SOU.
D
EPOCH/AGE
RES.
TIME UNIT
RECENT
PLIOCENETERTIARY
PALEOCENE
MIOCENE
OTHER NAME
PRE-CAMBRIAN BASEMENT
230
SILURIAN
WADI NATRUN
(CARB.)
345
435
PERMO-
CARBONIFEROUS
113
152
MESOZOIC
LATECRETACEOUS
94
JURASSIC
131
104
EARLYCRETACEOUS
DEVONIAN
172
TRIASSIC
PERMO
PALEOZOIC
ORDOVICIAN
MIDDLE
EARLY
MIDDLE
ALAMEIN, FAGHUR,
HAYAT, JASMIN EAST,
ARCADIA, KHALDA,
NORTH NADA, QASR,
RAZZAK, SALAM, TUT,
UMBARAKA, YIDMA
A/G, AGHAR, AMAN,
BED, HAYAT, HORUS,
KHALDA, MELEIHA,
QARUN, RAZZAK, RAML,
SALAM, SENNAN, TUT,
ZAHRA, ZARIF
ALAMEIN, BED, HAYAT,
HORUS, RAZZAK, SAFIR
A/G, BED, SENNAN
PRE-RIFTSYN-RIFTPOSTINVERSIONSYNORPOSTRIFT
ZAHRA, WADI
NATRUN
SIDI BARRANI
OBAIYED, SHAMS
UPPER SAFA
.
LOWER SAFA
WADI NATRUN,
BAHREIN (CLAST.)
ALAM EL BUEIB
APTIAN
BARREMIAN
HAUTERIVIAN
VALANGINIAN
BERRIASIAN
L. CENOMANIAN
E. CENOMANIAN
L. ALBIAN
E.-M. ALBIAN
FAGHUR, JASMIN,
ARCADIA, KANAYIS,
MATRUH, QASR, SALAM,
TAREK
A/G, AGHAR, BED, NEAG,
QARUN, SALAM, SELKIT
ALAMEIN, RAZZAK
YAKOUT RED SH.
BASUR
KOHLA
SHIFAH
KHATATBA III
KHATATBA I
MAASTRICHTIAN
CAMPANIAN
SANTONIAN
LOWER
LATE