Stratigraphic correlation of the Late Cretaceous Simsima Formation United Arab Emirates and Akveren Formation, northwest Turkey

Latest Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) microfossils are used to correlate the carbonate rocks of the Simsima Formation in the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula (Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates and Oman) with the Akveren Formation in Kandira (northwest Turkey, near Black S...

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Published in:Journal of African Earth Sciences
Main Authors: O. Abdelghany, M. Abu Saima, Ramazanoğlu, Şefik, Arman, Hasan
Other Authors: Abdelghany, O; Abu Saima, M; Ramazanoglu, S; Arman, H; Sakarya Üniversitesi/Mühendislik Fakültesi/Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2015
Subjects:
Geology
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12619/48830
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.07.025
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Summary:Latest Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) microfossils are used to correlate the carbonate rocks of the Simsima Formation in the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula (Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates and Oman) with the Akveren Formation in Kandira (northwest Turkey, near Black Sea region). Both formations have characteristically rich planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil faunal assemblages that permit the recognition of the Globotruncanella havanensis Zone and Quadrum sissinghii Zone CC22. The palaeontological data is used to build an appropriate palaeoenvironmental model for the latest Cretaceous Aruma Group in the Oman Mountains foreland basin. The study reveals that the Late Cretaceous formations of UAE and Turkey can be divided into an open marine carbonate shelf facies (planktonic foraminifera/calcareous nannofossil biomicrite) and a shallow-marine carbonate facies (rudistids, coralline algal foraminiferal biomicrite). (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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