الفهرس 
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Abstract
The studied rocks (Cambrian and Carboniferous) are exposed in three sedimentary successions: Um-Bogma succession (Um-Bogma area) and Abu-Durba and Naqus successions (Wadi Feiran-El Tor area). They are located along the eastern side of the Suez Gulf between latitudes 28” 20•‹, 29” 10’ and longitudes 33” lo’, 33” 35’. Both basement and sedimentary rocks are exposed and developed as elongated ridges parallel to the Gulf of Suez trend (NW-SE). The main aim of this study is to determine the petrography, provenance, and diagenesis of this Paleozoic clastic sequence. The stratigraphic sequences were measured and sampled in the field. Observations were made on sedimentary textures, structures, paleocurrent directions, and facies changes. About 350 rock samples were collected to represent the three sequences and studied in the following aspects: 1) thin sections and modal analysis, 2) textural parameters, 3) polished sections, 4) petrophysical measurements, 5) X-ray diffraction, 6) heavy mineral assemblage, 7) scanning electron microscop, 8) scanned and conventional cathodoluminescence microscopy, 9) stainning, 10) electron microprobe analyzer, 11) mass spectrometer analyzer. The studied area is highly faulted and the main structural trend is NWSE parallel to the axis of the Gulf of Suez. It has been strongly affected by the Suez rift. The central portion of the rift is bounded from the east by a series of downthrown-west faults of the Sinai massif and from the west by a single downthrown-east Red Sea hills bounding fault(Meshref, 1990).