Neogene Stratigraphic Development of the Persian Gulf

Abstract

The Persian Gulf is a shallow (<110 m), epicontinental basin formed on the Arabian plate in mid-late Miocene. Neogene sediments comprise a northeast-thickening wedge (0.1-2.0 km) of clastics shed from the Zagros uplift in Iran. There is little publicly available information on these deposits. Our long-term goal is to understand how variations in source, tectonic subsidence, climate, and sea level affected sedimentary processes and stratigraphic development of an arid, shallow-marine environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA532441

Entities

People

  • David A. Ross
  • Stephen A. Swift

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Velocity
  • Bottom Waters
  • Databases
  • Geology
  • Gulfs
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Landforms
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Persian Gulf
  • Publicly Available Information
  • Sea Level
  • Seabed
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Stratigraphy
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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