Paleo-tectonic positions of Northeast Africa during Cretaceous-Paleocene: Paleomagnetic study on East Gilf Kebir Plateau basalts [59Â Ma], Southwestern Desert, Egypt

Comparing the present pole with the Mansouri ring complex (132 ± 10 Ma) Early Cretaceous pole (47°N/259°E) and two poles from the Wadi Natash volcanic field; the alkali basalt (104 ± 7 Ma) Middle Cretaceous pole [55°N/250°E] and the trachyte/Phonolite (86-78 Ma) Late Cretaceous pole [66.5°N/229°E], a Cretaceous-Paleocene segment [132-59 Ma] of the Apparent Polar Wander Path [APWP] of Africa could be traced. These poles can, concurrently, verify the paleo-azimuth and paleo-latitude evolution of the African plate during the Cretaceous and Paleocene.