Geology and genesis of sulfur deposits at Ras Gemsa area, Red Sea Coast, Egypt.
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Field, petrographic and geochemical analyses indicate that the native sulfur at Ras Gemsa is of diagenetic origin. It is formed together with the megacrystalline dolomite (biogenic dolomite) and biogenic calcite by bacterial action on sulfate in the presence of organic matter (hydrocarbons). The sulfur occurs in an uplifted horst block consisting of evaporite-carbonate rocks overlying the Middle Miocene oil and gas bearing strata. The evaporite deposits are interpreted as a composite evaporite sequence which include deposits of shallow lagoonal (subaqueous) as well as supratidal (sabkha) environments. Two types of dolomites (microcrystalline and megacrystalline are recognized in the studied sequence. Stable isotope data showed that the microcrystalline dolomite are with high values of δ18O (the mean value is+1‰ PDB) and with relatively low values of δ13C (the mean value is -4‰ PDB). These results indicate that the microcrystalline dolomite was deposited mainly under marine evaporitic environment. The megacrystalline dolomite is characterized by negative values of δ18O (the mean is -6.8‰ PDB) and strongly negative values of δ13C (the mean is -23.75‰ PDB). The negative values of δ18O are probably due to the effect of hot conditions or depleted meteoric water and/or biological effect during dolomite crystallization. Meanwhile, the negative values of 13C signify the main role played by the sulfate reducing bacteria in the presence of organic matter.
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