The Second Symposium on the Geological Resources in the Tethys Realm(Aswan, Egypt - 5 - 8 January 2013)
DearThe Tethys Geological Society is planning to host the Second Symposium on the Geological
Resources in the Tethys Realm and their impact on sustaining development. The suggested themesare:

1- Petroleum-natural gas resources and their environmental impact.
2- Water resources.
3- Metallic – non metallic minerals and ores; phosphate, iron ore, gemstones -----etc.
4- Cement materials and future of the cement industry.
5- Building and ornamental stones.
6- Geodynamics of the Paleo- and Neo-Tethys oceans and their impact on thePrecambrian – Phanerozoic igneous and orogenic activities and basin development;
their structural setting, paleogeograpy and paleoclimate.
7- Quaternary Geology and Geoarcheology.
8- Geophysical exploration and Environmental geology.
The Tethys Geological Society has the honor to invite you to participate in the symposium
activities and kindly requests the distribution of this announcement among your colleagues in yourinstitution.
We hope to have a successful symposium
Correspondence:Prof. Bahay Issawi (Consultant, Former Director General of Geological Survey of Egypt, Bissawi@yahoo.com)
Prof. El Sayed Abd El Aziz Aly Youssef (Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University)
Tel.: 002 0122 2926034, e- mail: elsayedyoussef2005@yahoo.com, tethyssociety@yahoo.com
Prof. Ezzat Kheder (Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University

Abstracts: Abstracts should be submitted before 1st of November 2012, up to 300 words written in two
languages, English is one of them. The original of the manuscript together with the originals of figures, plates,graphs and charts can be submitted before or during the Conference Meeting.
Registration Fees (600 US$) includes; 1- Accommodation (3 and 4 Star hotels), Lunch and tea, logistics,
local transportation (bus or train). 2- Opening reception. 3- Closing dinner. 4- Publications. 5- Excursions
to: A- The Aswan Pre-Cambrian granites, Iron ore and kaoline. B- The Kurkur Oasis and the Phanerozoic
section in the south Western Desert C- The High Dam - Unfinished Obelisk - Nubia Museum and Philae
Temples.
Excursion to Luxor (9 January 2013, 200 US$): 1- Paleocene / Eocene section at Gebel Gurna, where
El-Deir El- Bahari Temple (Hatshepsut Temple) - Ramesseum Temple - Medinet Habu Temple - Valley ofthe kings are exist at the western bank of the Nile. 2- Karnak Temple-Luxor Temple at the eastern side ofthe Nile.
Excursion to Temple of Kom Ombo and Temple of Edfu (10 January 2013, 150 US$).
Excursion to Abu Simbel (10 January 2013, 150 US$).
Registration Fees payable to The Tethys Geological Society, National Bank of Egypt, Cairo University Branch,Giza, Egypt, Code Swift: NBEGEGC x 164, or in Cash on Registration Desk during the meeting.

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The Second Symposium on the Geological Resources in the Tethys Realm(5-8 January 2013)
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Correspondence: Prof. El Sayed Abd El Aziz Aly Youssef
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Tel.: 002 012 2926034, e- mail: tethyssociety@yahoo.com, elsayedyoussef2005@yahoo.com

Geologic, Geo-Archeologic and Geo-Tourist Excursions
The Tethys Geological Society arranges Field Trips to Geologic, Geo-Archeologic and Geo-Tourist sites at:
1- Greater Cairo- Whales Valley at El Fayium Depression, Western Desert. 2- White Desert at the Western Desert.
3- Central Sinai, Gulf of Suez Rift, Wadi Ferian, Saint Catherin, Sharm El Sheikh, Gulf of Aqaba.
4- Luxor - Aswan. 5- Abu Simbel. 6- Others
If you will choose certain excursion, you are kindly requested to: 1- Assemble your group 2- Decide the suitable
time for your excursion. 3- Arrive to Egypt by your self or through your agency and once you arrive in Cairo airport, youwill find our representative. The Society will offer accommodation (3, 4 and 5 Star hotels), Lunch, logistics, localtransportation (bus, train or airplane) and security permits. Fees will be decided according to your choice.
At the first excursion we shall see 1- Oligocene basalt surrounding greater Cairo and the Late Cretaceous dome at
Cairo-Alexanderia road. 2- Geological background of Pyramids and Sphinx plateau. 3-Tectono-stratigraphic pattern of theMiddle-Upper Eocene limestone of Mokattam fault blocks. 4-The whale fossils at the Whale's Valley are found in a finegrained sand section (70m thick) deposited in a sheltered bay with narrow connection with the sea during the LateBartonian. Fayium proves to be one of the biggest graveyards of the world animals during the Early Tertiary.

Whales Valley, El Fayium Depression, Western Desert

White Desert, Western Desert

At the third excursion we shall see 1- Late Cretaceous domes (related to the Neo-Tethyan closure) at the Mitla Pass,
Central Sinai. 2- The complete Phanerozoic section at central & southern Sinai. 3- Tectono-stratigraphic patterns of theOligocene-Miocene rift (Gulf of Suez rift). 4- Wadi Feiran gneisses and migmatites and lake deposits. 4- St. Catherine
Monastery, Gebel St. Catherine (2637 above sea level) and Gebel Mussa (1500 above sea level.). 6- Sharm El Sheikh.
7- Gulf of Aqaba.

Wadi Nukhul (Sudr,Esna and Thebes)

Wadi Nukhul (Tayiba and Nukhul fms)

Late Cretaceous - Paleocene – Lower Eocene section, Sinai Late Oligocene Red Beds – Lower Miocene clastics, Sinai

Tectono-stratigraphic patterns of the Precambrian – Phanerozoic sections at the rift margin of the Gulf of Suez rift
At the Fourth excursion we shall see 1- Paleocene / Eocene section at Gebel Gurna, where El-Deir El- BahariTemple (Hatshepsut Temple) - Ramesseum Temple - Medinet Habu Temple - Valley of the kings - Valley of the Queens areexist at the western bank of the Nile. 2- Karnak Temple-Luxor Temple at the eastern side of the Nile. 3- Stratotype for
Paleocene / Eocene Boundary (Dababiya Section). 4- Aswan Pre-Camberian granites, Iron ore and kaoline. 5- Geologicaland historical review for the High Dam - Unfinished Obelisk - Nubia Museum - Philae Temples, Temple of Kom Ombo andTemple of Edfu.

Paleocene / Eocene section at Gebel Gurna, Hatshepsut Temple

High Dam, Aswan

Correspondence: Prof. El Sayed A. A. Youssef
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt,Tel.: 002 0122 2926034, e- mail: elsayedyoussef2005@yahoo.com