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Abstract
The studied area is located in the northeastern part of the Nile Delta region, south of Manzala Lake between longitudes 31° 45’ E and 31° 20’ E and latitudes 31° 00’ N and 31° 20’ N. The recent alluvium deposits characterize this area however, the older rock units ranging age from Upper Jurassic to Quaternary are investigated in the deep oil wells. These wells did not reach the basement. The area occupies the eastern part of the Miocene subbasin in which the Late OligoceneEarly Miocene rocks were accumulated forming the Tineh (marine to fluviomarine shale and sandstone) and Qanttara (calcareous shale with sandstone and limestone intercalation) Formations. The Miocene rocks are represented by Sidi Salem (shale and streaks of sandstone with occasional anhydrite and sandy limestone), Qawasim (sandy congolomeratic series) and Rosetta (Anhydrite) Formations. While the Pliocene sediments consists of Abu Madi (sandstone with siltstone and shale interbeds), Kafr ElSheikh (marine shale with local turbiditic sand), El Wastani (thick clay with shale and sand interbeds), lower Mit Ghamr (sands with gravel and clay interbeds) Formations. This sequence of rocks is unconformably capped with the PleistoceneRecent consisting of Mit Ghamer and Bilqas (sand, silt, and clay) Formations, respectively. ?Three tectonic trends characterizing the Northern part of Egypt and the area of study as well, from Early Triassic to Recent. The predominated major faults are; the NWSE fault trend (Gulf of Suez), the NESW fault trend (Aqaba oblique), and finally the EW to WNW fault trend (parallel to the major hinge zone located in the south of the study area). This hinge zone caused distinct facies change of the MesozoicTertiary sequences in the Nile Delta region and appears as a pronounced steep flexural dipping towards offshore leading to subsidence of the northern margin of the Nile Delta and rotated and tilled fault blocks as well. Also, the Late CretaceousMiddle Eocene ENESyrian.