Middle and Upper Jurassic Strata of the Gotnia Basin, Onshore Kuwait: Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Integrated Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments, Part 1

Cabrera, Sandra Crespo de; Keyser, Thomas De; Al-Wazzan, Hajar; Al-Sahlan, G.; Kadar, Adi P.; Karam, Khalaf A.; Packer, Stephen; Starkie, Stephen; Keegan, James B.

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“…The standard method for microscopic investigation of microfossils in most parts of the Middle East has been through the use of polished thin sections, and the vast majority of recently published studies have used them [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] . Thin sections have been extensively used by the petroleum industry to study microfossils, and foraminifera in particular, from the lithified carbonate reservoirs [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] . Unfortunately, examining foraminifera in thin section has its obvious limitation – as it only allows a two-dimensional view of the specimen.…”

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Optimization of the acetic acid method for microfossil extraction from lithified carbonate rocks: Examples from the Jurassic and Miocene limestones of Saudi Arabia

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Optimization of the acetic acid method for microfossil extraction from lithified carbonate rocks: Examples from the Jurassic and Miocene limestones of Saudi Arabia

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“…The consistency of these interpretations is demonstrated by the construction of laterally extensive (>2000 km) reference transects across the eastern Arabian Plate from Kurdistan (Iraq) to Oman containing key subsurface reference wells (Figure 1). Sequence stratigraphic interpretations in these key subsurface wells are tied back to the latest biostratigraphic age refinement at the Jurassic Escarpment outcrops in Saudi Arabia (Al-Mojel, 2017), as well as updates to a reference well in Kuwait (Kadar et al, 2015;de Cabrera et al, 2019). The reference transects document the main structural features, stratigraphic architectures and geometries that exist along the eastern portion of Arabian Plate.…”

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“…The creation and infill of the Gotnia Basin has been interpreted by many authors (e.g. Jassim and Buday, 2006;de Cabrera et al, 2019), as being largely controlled by tectonics. This model suggests that the extent and depth of the Gotnia Basin is delineated by south-west to north-east and north-west to south-east orientated lineaments, and that gradual subsidence of the Gotnia Basin would have provided the necessary accommodation space to develop the thick evaporitic sequences of the Gotnia Formation (Aqrawi et al, 2010).…”

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Challenging Middle Eastern Stratigraphic Misconceptions — An Example for Creation and Infill of the Gotnia Basin

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This chapter reviews the subsurface stratigraphy of Kuwait targeting geosciences educators. The lithostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the reviewed formations (association of rocks whose components are paragenetically related to each other, both vertically and laterally) followed the formal stratigraphic nomenclature in Kuwait. The exposed stratigraphic formations of the Miocene–Pleistocene epochs represented by the Dibdibba, Lower Fars, and Ghar clastic sediments (Kuwait Group) were reviewed in the previous chapter as part of near-surface geology. In this chapter, the description of these formations is based mainly on their subsurface presence. The description of the subsurface stratigraphic formations in Kuwait followed published academic papers and technical reports related to Kuwait’s geology or analog (GCC countries, Iraq and Iran) either from the oil and gas industry or from different research institutions in Kuwait and abroad. It is also true that studies related to groundwater aquifer systems also contribute to our understanding of the subsurface stratigraphy of Kuwait for the shallower formations. The majority of the published data were covered the onshore section of Kuwait. The subsurface stratigraphic nomenclature description is based on thickness, depositional environment, sequence stratigraphy, the nature of the sequence boundaries, biostratigraphy, and age. The sedimentary strata reflect the depositional environment in which the rocks were formed. Understanding the characteristics of the sedimentary rocks will help understand many geologic events in the past, such as sea-level fluctuation, global climatic changes, tectonic processes, geochemical cycles, and more, depending on the research question. The succession of changing lithological sequences is controlled by three main factors; sea-level change (eustatic sea level), sediment supply, and accommodation space controlled by regional and local tectonics influences. Several authors have developed theoretical methods, established conceptual models, and produced several paleofacies maps to interpret Kuwait’s stratigraphic sequence based on the data collected over time intervals from the Late Permian to Quaternary to reconstruct the depositional history of the Arabian Plate in general and of Kuwait to understand the characteristics of oil and gas reservoirs.

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Middle and Upper Jurassic Strata of the Gotnia Basin, Onshore Kuwait: Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Integrated Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments, Part 1

Cited by 13 publications

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Optimization of the acetic acid method for microfossil extraction from lithified carbonate rocks: Examples from the Jurassic and Miocene limestones of Saudi Arabia

Optimization of the acetic acid method for microfossil extraction from lithified carbonate rocks: Examples from the Jurassic and Miocene limestones of Saudi Arabia

Challenging Middle Eastern Stratigraphic Misconceptions — An Example for Creation and Infill of the Gotnia Basin

Subsurface Stratigraphy of Kuwait

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