Abstract Large offshore depocenters above a weak detachment level (either salt or shale) can undergo gravity spreading and/or gliding. The gravitational systems (e.g., gliding deltas) are classically composed of an updip domain affected by extensional listric normal faults and downdip toe thrusts. While the role in such is classic tectonic process, mechanical behavior mobile shale levels shale-...

The northern Oman margin is a key area for understanding the emplacement of Semail Ophiolite and obduction processes in general. This study uses grid 2D-multichannel seismic lines tied to well data characterize offshore domain reappraises post-obduction history margin. West Muscat, Sohar basin, late Cretaceous Paleogene tectonic mega-sequence records syn- late-obduction stages deposition erosio...

Study of a late Late Santonian to Late Campanian hemipelagic succession from Abtalkh Formation at the Bahadorkhan section (Central Kopet-Dagh) enabled us to verify paleoecology changes based on planktonic and benthic foraminifera assemblage. Bahadorkhan section is consisted of calcareous shale, lime marl, marl, and a few dispersed chalky limestone beds. Upper and lower boundaries of Abtalkh For...

The classic Neotethyan Ankara Melange formed within the Triassic-Eocene İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan ocean (‘N Neotethys’), bordered in central Anatolia by Kırşehir and Tauride-Anatolide continental units to south discontinuous Sakarya continent northwest. Farther north, separate Intra-Pontide probably remained partly open until early Cenozoic. developed via phases of intra-oceanic accretion (mainly p...

Tyrannosaurids were the apex predators of Late Cretaceous Laurasia and their status as dominant carnivores has garnered considerable interest since discovery, both in popular scientific realms. As a result, they are well studied much is known anatomy, diversity, growth, evolution. In contrast, little earliest stages tyrannosaurid development. Tyrannosaurid eggs embryos remain elusive, juvenile ...

Abstract The 2200 m thick Cretaceous units of well Gänserndorf UeT3 have been biostratigraphically analyzed based on cuttings from 3210 to 5140 m. deposits the Tirolic Glinzendorf Syncline (a part buried Northern Calcareous Alps) can be largely correlated with Lower Gosau Subgroup Grünbach Syncline. An exception is basal unit, which has no equivalent in This lower unit subdivided into a non-mar...

The sediments of the Hartha Formation were deposited during Upper Campanian- Maastrichtian cycle. Due to importance this sequence in terms stratification and economics oil industry, it has been focused on study. present study includes three fields central Iraq within Mesopotaminan Zone, East Baghdad, Balad Kifl fields. This was accomplished by describing 190 thin sections interpreting response ...