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The Albo-cenomanian in the Middle East : new element for carbonate platform stratigraphy.
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DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20145623
Publisher
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE.
Gregorian
2010-01
Language
English
English abstract
In Middle-east, the albo-cenomanian comprises a prolific lithostratigraphic nomenclature. In-house studies on subsurface and outcrops sections lead Total biostratigraphers to use foraminifers charts for datings and paleoenvironments definition. Calibration on Ammonites zones is possible in the Late Albian-Early Cenomanian and Mid Cenomanian of Oman. Further work of biostratigraphers could focus on a characterization of the "top Natih" or "top Mishrif" carbonate platform with foraminiferal assemblages located at formation top and a research of new sections at platform-basin transition. This will help in the evaluation of the degree of truncation of the Mishrif/Natih formations below the turonian-coniacian unconformity.
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