Stacked, Lower Miocene tide-dominated estuary deposits in a transgressive succession, Western Desert, Egypt

► Widespread Burdigalian incision surfaces are present in the Moghra succession. ► The incision surfaces could be formed by base-level fall incision. ► Some of the incisions could be formed by deep fluvial scour and tidal erosion. ► The Moghra Formation consists of repeated multiple T-R units. ► T-R units were driven by sea level change or pulses of flood-generated sediment.