Format:
Online-Ressource (XX, 474 p. 291 illus., 228 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9783642306099
Series Statement:
Frontiers in Earth Sciences
Content:
This book will constitute the proceedings of the ILP Workshop held in Abu Dhabi in December 2009. It will include a reprint of the 11 papers published in the December 2010 issue of the AJGS, together with 11 other original papers.
Content:
This book will constitute the proceedings of the ILP Workshop held in Abu Dhabi in December 2009. It will include a reprint of the 11 papers published in the December 2010 issue of the AJGS, together with 11 other original papers
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins: The Arabian Plate and Analogues; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Editorial; Part I The Emirati Foreland and Foothills; Structural and stratigraphic evolution of Abu Dhabi in the context of Arabia; Abstract; Introduction; Arabian basement; Neo-Proterozoic glaciations-Abu Mahara Group, Lower Huqf Supergroup; Post-glacial Nafun group; Cambro-Precambrian Ara and Hormuz groups; Later Palaeozoic sedimentary sequences; Arabia's Late Precambrian and Phanerozoic peregrinations; Late Permian to Mesozoic of NE Arabia; Cenozoic
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Arabian oil and gas accumulationsEffects of Late Quaternary polar glaciations on Persian Gulf sea levels; Conclusions; Architecture of the Oman-UAE ophiolite: evidence for a multi-phase magmatic history; Abstract; Introduction; Geological setting; Ophiolite units in the United Arab Emirates; Harzburgite and dunite of the mantle section; The Moho Transition Zone; Gabbros of the early crustal section; Sheeted dyke complex and pillow lavas; The later magmatic sequence in the United Arab Emirates; Younger microgabbro dykes; Petrography; Geochronology of the ophiolite units
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Sampling and analytical methodsResults; Mineral chemistry of the ophiolite units; Geochemistry of the ophiolite units; Discussion; Conclusions; References; New constrains on the thickness of the Semail ophiolite in the Northern Emirates; Abstract; Introduction; Regional geological background; Specific seismic imaging of the ophiolite base by near-critical offset refraction stack and near critical incidence reflection stack; Preliminary observations details and illustrations; Refraction stack inspired by the "Constant Distance Correlation" method
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High-incidence angle reflection stack using appropriate NMO correction and mute of pre-processed CMP data collectionsFinal results on central line D1; Discussion; Apatite fission tracks and dating of the unroofing episodes; Conclusions and suggestions; References; 4 The Jurassic--Cretaceous depositional and tectonic evolution of the southernwestern margin of the Neotethys Ocean, Northern Oman and United Arab Emirates; Introduction; Geological Setting; Regional Stratigraphy and Depositional Setting; Carbonate Platform Succession of the Hajar Supergroup; Musandam Group; Thamama Group
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Wasia GroupCarbonate Platform Margin Sedimentary Sequence; Mayhah Formation; Ausaq Conglomerate Formation; Outer Platform Margin to Basin Sedimentary Sequence; Guwayza Formation; Wahrah Formation; Sid'r Chert Formation; Nayid Formation; Dhera and Dibba Limestone Formations; Basinal Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks; Syn- and Post-Obduction Foreland Basin Deposits; Muti Formation; Correlation of Major Unconformities Within the Carbonate Platform Succession; Base Thamama Group (Late Jurassic) Unconformity; Base Wasia Group (Aptian) Unconformity; Base Aruma Group (Turonian) Unconformity
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Chert Deposition and Palaeo Water Depth Within the Neotethys Ocean
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642292781
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Lithosphere dynamics and sedimentary basins Berlin : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9783642292781
Language:
English
Keywords:
Arabische Platte
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Lithosphäre
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Geologie
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Sedimentationsbecken
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Arabien
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Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
;
Erdölgeologie
;
Becken
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-30609-9
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