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The middle and late Jurassic Intrashelf Basin of the Eastern Arabian Peninsula / edited by A.O. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Memoir (Geological Society of London) ; 53.
- Geological Society memoir ; 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basins (Geology).
- Basins (Geology)--Arabian Peninsula.
- Basins (Geology)--Persian Gulf.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Geological Society, 2020.
- Summary:
- This memoir provides a regional synthesis of the geology of the rimmed Arabian Intrashelf Basin, reconciling differing interpretations of lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy & biostratigraphy. Variation of energy levels & facies due to its setting in the SE palaeotradewind belt are described. The basin basin formed during rising sea level as a single rimmed carbonate intrashelf basin. A possible global cooling phase resulted in a lowstand which restricted the basin, resulting in petrographically unique carbonate source rock facies dominated by cyanobacterial deposition. Two subsequent third-order carbonate sequences largely filled the basin. Eustatic change concomitant with uplift of the Tethys shelf resulted in alternation of carbonates & evaporites across the region. The end result was a sealed intrashelf basin which preserved early formed porosity & confined generated hydrocarbons.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the Jurassic Arabian Intrashelf Basin
- Structural development of the Arabian Intrashelf Basin region
- Lithostratigraphy and depositional characteristics, age dating and sequence stratigraphy
- Depositional geometry at selected locations around the basin
- Interpretation of the origin and evolution of the Arabian Intrashelf Basin and the development of the Dhruma Atash, Tuwaiq and Hanifa sequences
- Jubaila-Arab-Hith sequences
- Exploration implications
- Summary and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5231-6433-6
- 1-78620-544-0
- 9781786205278
- OCLC:
- 1246310254
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