GEOHERITAGE VALUE AND CONSERVATION POTENTIAL OF GEBEL EL DIST, BAHARIYA OASIS, EGYPT: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
Gebel El Dist, located in the Bahariya Oasis, represents the type locality of the lower Cenomanian Bahariya Formation in the Western Desert of Egypt, and it serves as one of the most significant vertebrate-bearing localities in ancient Gondwana. This study integrates lithostratigraphy and sedimentological characteristi...