Late Campanian-Maastrichtian foraminifera from the Simsima Formation on the western side of the Northern Oman Mountains

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-405

  Abdelghany, Osman ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Campanian; Foraminifera; Maastrichtian; Northern Oman Mountains; Simsima Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; FORAMINIFERA; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

ABATHOMPHALUS MAYAROENSIS; FORAMINIFERA; GANSSERINA GANSSERI; GLOBOTRUNCANA; GLOBOTRUNCANA AEGYPTIACA; LEPIDORBITOIDES; LEPIDORBITOIDES MINOR; LOFTUSIA; LOFTUSIA MORGANI; MACROPORA; OMPHALOCYCLUS MACROPORA; ORBITOIDES; ORBITOIDES APICULATA; ORBITOIDES MEDIA; SIDEROLITES CALCITRAPOIDES; SULCOPERCULINA DICKERSONI;

EID: 0141573123     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00051-X     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Abd-Allah A.M.A.Folding and faulting of neoautochthonous sequence in the Al Faiyah fold belt: Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates Ann. Geol. Surv. Egypt 24 2001 413-433
2. Al-Omari F.S.Sadek A.Loftusia from northern Iraq Rev. Española Micropaleontol. 8 1976 57-67
3. Alsharhan A.S.Kendall C.G.Cretaceous chronostratigraphy, unconformities and eustatic sea-level changes in the sediments of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Cret. Res. 12 1991 379-401
4. Alsharhan A.S.Nairn A.E.M.A review of the Cretaceous formations in the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf: Part III. Upper Cretaceous (Aruma Group) stratigraphy and paleogeography J. Petrol. Geol. 13 1990 247-266
5. Alsharhan A.S.Zico A.Shebl H.T.Whittle G.L.Microfacies and microfabrics of Maastrichtian carbonates, northwestern Oman Mountains, U.A.E SEPM (Soc. Sed. Geol.) Spec. Publ. 69 2000 129-142
6. Anan H.S.Maastrichtian-Paleocene micropaleontology, biostratigraphy of Qarn El Barr section, Al Dhayd area, United Arab Emirates Al Azhar Bull. Sci. 4 1993 639-670
7. Boukhary M.A.Carter B.D.Alsharhan A.S. et al. Maastrichtian echinoids from the Simsima Formation, northwestern Oman mountains, UAE: Asystematic view and ecological implications Rev. Paléobiol. Genève 18 1999 577-595
8. Caron M.Cretaceous planktic foraminifera Bolli H.M. Saunders J.B. Perch-Nielsen K. Plankton Stratigraphy 1985 17-86 Cambridge University PressCambridge
9. Cox F.T.The genus Loftusia in southwestern Iran Eclogae Geol. Helv. 30 1937 431-450
10. Douvillé H.Revision des Orbitoides du Crétacé; les Omphalocyclus Comptes Rendu Séances, Soc. Géol. France 1920 166-167
11. Ellis B.F.Messina A.R. Catalogue of index foraminifera, volume 3 1967 The American Museum of Natural History, Special PublicationNew York
12. Glennie K.W.Boeuf M.G.A.Hughes Clarke M.W. et al.Geology of the Oman Mountains. Verhandelingen van Ket Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch-Minjbouwkundig Genootschap (Trans. Roy.Dutch Geol. Mineral. Soc.) 31 1974 423 pp
13. Gradstein F.M.Agterberg F.P.Ogg J.G. et al.A Mesozoic time scale J. Geophys. Res 99 1994 24,051-24,074
14. Hamdan A.A.Maastrichtian globotruncanids from the western front of the Northern Oman Mountains: implications for the age of post-orogenic strata J. Fac. Sci. United Arab Emirates Univ. 2 1990 53-66
15. Hardenbol J.Thierry J.Farley M.B. et al.Mesozoic and cenozoic sequence chronostratigraphic framework of European basins de Graciansky P.Ch. Hardenbol J. Jacquin Th. et al. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy of European Basins SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication Series 60 1998
16. Kureshy A.A.Paleobiogeography of Cretaceous larger foraminifera of Pakistan and the Caribean region and their bearing on continental drift Cret. Res. 1 1980 93-100
17. Lippard S.J.Shelton A.W.Gass I.G.The Ophiolite of Northern Oman Geol. Soc. London Mem. 11 1986 178 pp
18. Loeblich A.R.Tappan H. Foraminiferal genera and their classification 1 1988 Van Nostrand Reinhold International CompanyNew York 970 pp., vol. 2, viii+847 plates
19. Meriç E.Ersoy S.Görmüs M.Palaeogeographical distribution of the species of Loftusia (Foraminiferida) in the Tethyan Ocean during the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) Cret. Res. 22 2001 353-364
20. Nederbragt A.J.Late Cretaceous biostratigraphy and development of Heterohelicidae (planktic foraminifera) Micropaleontology 37 1991 329-372
21. Nolan S.C.Skelton P.W.Clissold B.P. et al.Maastrichtian to early Tertiary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Central and Northern Oman Mountains Robertson A.H.F. Searle M.P. Ries A.C. The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Region Geological Society of London, Special Publication 49 1990 495-519
22. Noweir M.A.Eloutefi N.S.The structure and stratigraphy of Jabal Malaqet-Jabal Mundassa area, southeast Al-Ain, Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates Neues Jahr. Geol. Paläont. Abhandl. 204 1997 263-284
23. Noweir M.A.Alsharhan A.S.Boukhary M.A.Structural setting and stratigraphic evolution of the northwestern Oman Mountain Front, United Arab Emirates GeoArabia 3 1998 387-398
24. Noweir M.A.Abdeen M.M.Structural evolution of Jabal Rawdah area, Hatta Zone, northwestern Oman Mountains front Egyptian J. Geol. 44 2000 219-235
25. Premoli Silva I.Sliter W.V.Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends from the Bottacione section, Gubbio, Italy Paleontol. Italica 82 1994 89 pp
26. Robaszynski F. Caron M.Foraminiféres planctoniques du Crétacé: commentaire de la zonation Europe-Méditerranée Bull. Soc. Geol. France 166 1995 681-692
27. Robasznski R Caron M. González Donoso J.M. et al. Atlas of Late Cretaceous globotruncanids Rev. Micropaleontol. 26 1984 145-305
28. Sayed M.G.Mersal M.A.Surface geology of Jebel Rawdah, Oman Mountains GeoArabia 3 1998 401-414
29. Searle M.P.Cox J.Tectonic setting, origin and obduction of the Oman ophiolite Geol. Soc. America Bull. 111 1999 104-122
30. Skelton P.W.Nolan S.C.Scott R.W.The Maastrichtian transgression onto the northwestern flank of the Proto-Oman Mountains: Sequences of rudist-bearing beach to open shelf facies Robertson A.H.F. Searle M.P. Ries A.C. The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Region Geological Society of London Special Publication 49 1990 521-547
31. Smith A.B.Morris N.J.Kennedy W.J. et al.LateCretaceous carbonate platform faunas of the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London (Geol.) 51 1995 91-119
32. Warrak M.A.Origin of the Hafit structure: Implications for timing the Tertiary deformation in the Northern Oman Mountains J. Struc. Geol. 18 1996 803-818
33. Wilson H.H.The age of the Hawasina and other problems of Oman Mountain geology J. Petrol. Geol. 23 2000 345-362