Wadi Awatib Fm

Atbara Basin, east of Blue Nile Basin, East Sudan

Synonym: Wadi Awatib Conglomerate

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[Fig. 1: Tectonic model of the West and Central African Rift System (WCARS) and the Central African Shear Zone (CASZ). The red arrow and rectangle represent the Shendi-Atbara Basin and study area (Modified after Fairhead, 1988b).]

[Fig. 2: Stratigraphy of the CARS (modified from Schull, 1988; McHargue et al., 1992; Guiraud and Bosworth, 1997; Gani et al., 2009; Wolela, 2009; Dou et al., 2013, 2018, 2023a; Liu and Chen, 2014; Eisawi et al., 2015; Mohammed et al., 2016; Bussert et al., 2018; Yassin et al., 2017; Mohammed Yasin et al., 2019; Gao et al., 2023)]

[Fig. 3. Stratigraphic chart of Shendi-Atbara Basin showing the rock units succession and the basin evolution (from Babkir et al., 2023).]

[Fig. 4. Map showing the location of WCARS basins in between major cratonic areas in Africa, including the subdivision into a Western, Arabian-Nubia, and Southern Austral block (modified from Genik, 1993; Meert and Lieberman, 2008).]