Neogene Stratigraphic Development of the Arabian (Persian) Gulf

Abstract

The Arabian Gulf is a shallow (<100 m), epicontinental sea connected to the Gulf of Oman through the Straits of Hormuz. This basin, besides being an important military, economic, and political region, serves as an excellent model for sequence stratigraphic studies of an arid littoral environment. Neogene sediments in the Gulf comprise a northeast-thickening wedge (0.1-2.0 km) of clastics shed from the Zagros uplift in Iran. Our long-term goal is to understand how variations in sediment 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, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625817

Entities

People

  • David A. Ross
  • Stephen A. Swift

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Databases
  • Environment
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Gulfs
  • High Resolution
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Reflection
  • Sea Level
  • Sediments
  • Seismic Reflection
  • Seismic Velocity
  • Sequences
  • Thickness
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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