ABSTRACT
The paleobathymetric analysis have been applied to the Miocene section in the central part of the Gulf of Suez in order to understand the Miocene tectonics including developing of depocenters and depositional history.
Eighteen wells from the central area in the Gulf of Suez have been examined stratigraphically, paleoecologically and sedimentologically to determine the main biostratigraphic units, paleo-water depths and mode of deposition for these different recognized units within the Miocene section.
It is proved that the recognition of the stratigraphic oil traps within the Miocene sequence depends mainly on understanding the relationship between the sedimentary cycles and the paleobathymetry for each studied unit.
Overlay of paleobathymetry and sand isolith maps produced for each of these units are used to identify possible stratigraphic traps located within the developed depocenters which were progressively shifted westward with geological time.
