The middle and late Jurassic intrashelf basin of the Eastern Arabian Peninsula /
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 desc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
The Geological Society,
2020.
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| Series: | Memoir (Geological Society of London) ;
no. 53. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781786205445 1786205440 9781786205278 1786205270 |