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Fig. 4 a
Typical coastal cliff of the Dakhla peninsula,
b
View of the
north border of the Dakhla lagoon north of the artesian well,
c
P
-
Q
Pliocene-Quaternary calcarenites (
a
) and sandstones (
c
);
star
Helix
bearing layer
“
Sphinx
Rock
”
with:
mm
Miocene marls;
ms black
Miocene sandstones;
Fig. 5 a
View of the Portorico beach, looking northward,
b
Lower
Eocene Izik Formation with chert nodules,
c
Dewatering fold and,
d
Neptunian dyke in the Izik deposits,
e
Shark tooth collected in the
same beds,
f
Detail of the Miocene-Pliocene succession