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Пирамиды Хуфу, Хафра и Менкаура на плато Гиза описаны вместе из-за их близости и общего геологического строения карьеров, источников камня как для основной кладки, так и для материала облицовки.
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      Geological mappingEocene mammalsEocene FossilsNummulites
Since the introduction of the concept of a “nummulite bank” more than 50 years ago, the significance of these peculiar sedimentary structures has been debated, especially whether they are of autochthonous or allochthonous origin. At first... more
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      StratigraphyNummulitesEffect of Environmental factorsAllochthonous
In the north-central part of the Urbasa mountain range, to the W of the stone huts of the shepherds of Etxarri, there exists among many others a large dolina or depression with a singular feature: one of its edges is sunken and forms a... more
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      HydrogeologyGeomicrobiologyTectonicsSubterranean Biology
The genesis of nummulite banks remains a poorly understood topic and the aim of this work is to shed light on it by observing the hydrodynamic behavior of selected larger foraminifera collected from both bank and non-bank deposits.... more
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      PaleontologyEntrainmentHydrodynamicsSettling Velocity
The Darnah Formation at Al Hmidah Road-Cut of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, have been studied for their stratigraphical and palaeontological characteristics. The studied outcrop is about 80m thick and consists mainly of nummulitic limestone. It has... more
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      LibyaEocene FossilsOrbitolinidaeNummulites
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      Systematics (Taxonomy)PaleontologyPaleoecologyBivalvia
Settling velocities of 58 well-preserved tests of fossil Nummulites were experimentally determined using a settling tube. The tests were collected from the nummulite banks of Pederiva di Grancona (A forms of N. lyelli and N. striatus,... more
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      Settling VelocityNummulites
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      BioerosionEoceneHungarymicroCT
SEM study of the dimorphic tests of Middle Eocene larger foraminifera Nummulites vredenburgi Prever collected from western Kutch has revealed the occurrence of hitherto unreported coarse passageways within the spiral laminae and the... more
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      Taxonomy of nummulitesIndiaEoceneEocene Larger Foraminifer