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Dolomitization and Silicification in Syn-Rift Lacustrine Carbonates: Evidence from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Duwi Basin, Red Sea, Egypt
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Journal Article
Dolomitization and Silicification in Syn-Rift Lacustrine Carbonates: Evidence from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Duwi Basin, Red Sea, Egypt
2025
Overview
Studies of early syn-rift successions in the Duwi Basin have revealed repetitive lacustrine carbonate deposits exhibiting regressive sequences and early diagenetic processes. Two main informal stratigraphic units (Units 1 and 2), spanning the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, have been identified in the area. Unit 1 primarily consists of lacustrine limestone and calcrete deposits that formed in a palustrine environment, whereas Unit 2 is composed of dolomites and cherts, which developed during times of lake evaporation and desiccation under arid climatic conditions. A wide variety of pedogenic features, including brecciation, nodulization, rhizocretions, fissuring, microkarsts, and circumgranular cracks, dominate the carbonate sequence, indicating deposition in a marginal lacustrine setting. Integrated petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical, and isotopic studies of carbonate facies reveal two distinct evolutionary stages in the Duwi Basin, with dolomitization and silicification characterizing the late stage. Their isotopic compositions show a wide range of δ13C and δ18O values, ranging from −9.00‰ to −7.98‰ and from −10.03‰ to −0.68‰, respectively. Dolomite beds exhibit more negative δ13C and δ18O values, whereas palustrine limestones display higher (less negative) values. The upward trend of δ18O enrichment in carbonates suggests that the lake became hydrologically closed. Trace element concentrations serve as potential markers for distinguishing carbonate facies, aiding with paleoenvironmental and diagenetic interpretations. Our findings indicate that the studied dolomites and cherts formed under both biogenic and abiogenic conditions in an evaporative, alkaline-saline lake system. Biogenic dolomite and silica likely resulted from microbial activity, whereas abiogenic formation was driven by physicochemical conditions, including decreasing pH values and the presence of smectite clays. Tectonics, local climate, and provenance played crucial roles in controlling the overall diagenetic patterns and evolutionary history of the lake basin system during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene.
