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Limestones deposited on the southeastern Arabian shelf during the Palaeogene were studied from surface and subsurface locations in North and South Oman. The investigation included an examination of lithofacies, biota distribution, and depositional palaeoenvironment related to stratigraphy. The facies associations and benthic biota distributions can be differentiated according to the time intervals of late Palaeocene–early Eocene, middle Eocene, and Oligocene. Arabian platform development and regional controls on the distribution of facies and biota are discussed.
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Bernecker, M. (2014). Palaeogene Carbonates of Oman: Lithofacies and Stratigraphy. In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_14
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