Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

STRATI 2013 pp 71–74Cite as

Palaeogene Carbonates of Oman: Lithofacies and Stratigraphy

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:

Part of the book series: Springer Geology ((SPRINGERGEOL))

Abstract

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.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   349.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   449.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bechennec, F., Le Metour, J., Platel, J. P., & Roger, J. (1993). Stratigraphy of the end-Cretaceous—tertiary sedimentary cover. In Geological Map of the Sultanate of Oman, Explanatory Notes, Directorate General of Minerals, Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, pp. 60–73.

    Google Scholar 

  • Forbes, G., Jansen, H., & Schreurs, J. (2010). Lexicon of Oman subsurface stratigraphy (p. 371). Bahrain: GeoArabia Special Publication 5.

    Google Scholar 

  • Glennie, K. W., Bouef, M. G. A., Hughes-Clark, M. W., Moody-Stuard, M., Pilaar, W. F. H., & Reinhardt, B. M. (1974). The Geology of the Oman Mountains. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands geologisch Mijnbouwkundig 31, 432 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nolan, S. C., Skelton, P. W., Clissold, B. P., & Swewing, J. D. (1990). Maastrichtian to Early Tertiary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Central and Northern Oman Mountains. In A. H. F. Robertson, M. P. Searle & A. C. Ries (Eds.), The geology and tectonics of the oman region. Geological Society Special Publiction, London, 49, 495–519.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sharland, P. R., Archer, R., Casey, D. M., Davies, R. B., Hall, S. H., & Heward, A. P. et al. (2001). Arabian plate sequence stratigraphy (p. 371). Bahrain: GeoArabia Special Publication 2, 371 p.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), New Halban Campus, P.O. Box 1816, 130, Ahaibah, Sultanate of Oman

    Michaela Bernecker

Authors
  1. Michaela Bernecker
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michaela Bernecker .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ciências da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    Rogério Rocha

  2. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia Ciencias da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    João Pais

  3. Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    José Carlos Kullberg

  4. Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

    Stanley Finney

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

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

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation