"Post-Nappes" Early Tertiary Foraminiferal Paleoecology of the Northern Hafit Area, South of Al-Ain City (United Arab Emirates)

Upper Eocene larger foraminifera from the Dammam Formation in the border region of United Arab Emirates and Oman

“…These occurrences indicate deposition in warm shallow marine inner shelf environments. Similar conlusions have been reported by Cherif et al(1992), Anan (1995) Abdelghany (2002 in the United Arab Emirates and by Racey ( , 1995Racey ( , 2001, White (1994), Jones and Racey (1994) and Bearington-Penney and Racey (2004) in Oman. The expansion of shallow-water depositional settings indicated by these occurrences reflect the eustatic sea-level fall at the end of Turborotalia cerroazulensis, Zone P17, i.e.…”

“…A drop in sea level is consistent with this research, reflecting the deposition of shallow marine limestones rich in echinoids, calcareous algae, miliolids and nummulitids (plates 2-7). This conclusion is in accordance with Cherif et al (1992) who interpreted a hiatus between the Priabonian and the Lower Oligocene at Jabal Hafit.…”

“…Anan et al (1992) identified twelve planktonic foraminiferal zones (P9-P21) at Jabal Hafit spanning the late Early Eocene to Oligocene. Cherif et al (1992) recognized four bathymetrically significant types of shallow and deep inner neritic; middle and outer neritic of calcareous algae, bryozoa and foraminiferal assemblages represented in the Eocene and Oligocene sequences at Jabal Hafit. This study enabled Cherif et al (1992) to establish a bathymetric curve for the studied sections which fits with their results and this can be also correlated with the Eustatic curve of Haq et al (1987) for global changes in sea levels.…”

“…Cherif et al (1992) recognized four bathymetrically significant types of shallow and deep inner neritic; middle and outer neritic of calcareous algae, bryozoa and foraminiferal assemblages represented in the Eocene and Oligocene sequences at Jabal Hafit. This study enabled Cherif et al (1992) to establish a bathymetric curve for the studied sections which fits with their results and this can be also correlated with the Eustatic curve of Haq et al (1987) for global changes in sea levels. Anan (1995) recorded Cribrohantkenina inflata (Howe) in the Mazyad Member of the uppermost part of the Dammam Formation from the northwestern limb of Jabal Malaqet anticline (text- fig.1).…”