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The Topography and Geology of the Fayum Province of Egypt · H. J. L. Beadnell — chapter 6 of 29 · ~49 words · public domain

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SECTION IX.—GENERAL AND CLASSIFICATION OF STRATA—

Depression cut out in sedimentary rocks. Local lava flows. Dip. Oldest beds the Nummulites gizehensis limestones of Middle Eocene. Fluviomarine series of Upper Eocene and Oligocene age. Absence of Miocene strata. Pliocene, Pleistocene and Recent. Table showing succession and classification of strata 33

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