Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region
The stratigraphy and macrofauna of the Qahlah and Simsima Formations is described for 14 sections along the western margins of the North Oman Mountains between Al Ain and Al Dhaid. These are dated as latest Campanian to Maastrichtian in age. Deposition over a deeply weathered surface of ultrabasic r...
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| description | The stratigraphy and macrofauna of the Qahlah and Simsima Formations is described for 14 sections along the western margins of the North Oman Mountains between Al Ain and Al Dhaid. These are dated as latest Campanian to Maastrichtian in age. Deposition over a deeply weathered surface of ultrabasic rocks commenced with nearshore conglomerates, grits and cross-bedded sands which, in places, have an in situ bivalve fauna. Clastic input was abruptly terminated by a sea-level rise and repalced by carbonate deposition in the early Upper Maastrichtian. Bed by bed faunal lists for each section are provided. -from Authors |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:89589d6e-ee63-4514-bd65-38b82c1a208f2022-03-26T22:23:55ZLate Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border regionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:89589d6e-ee63-4514-bd65-38b82c1a208fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1995Smith, ABMorris, NGale, AKennedy, WThe stratigraphy and macrofauna of the Qahlah and Simsima Formations is described for 14 sections along the western margins of the North Oman Mountains between Al Ain and Al Dhaid. These are dated as latest Campanian to Maastrichtian in age. Deposition over a deeply weathered surface of ultrabasic rocks commenced with nearshore conglomerates, grits and cross-bedded sands which, in places, have an in situ bivalve fauna. Clastic input was abruptly terminated by a sea-level rise and repalced by carbonate deposition in the early Upper Maastrichtian. Bed by bed faunal lists for each section are provided. -from Authors |
| spellingShingle | Smith, AB Morris, N Gale, A Kennedy, W Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title | Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title_full | Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title_fullStr | Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title_short | Late Cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region |
| title_sort | late cretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the united arab emirates oman border region |
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