Triassic stratigraphic evolution of the Arabian-greater India embayment of the southern Tethys margin
- Autor(en)
- Marc Hauser, Rossana Martini, Steven Burns, Paulian Dumitrica, Leopold Krystyn, Albert Matter, Tjerk Peters, Louisette Zaninetti
- Abstrakt
An exceptional, tectonically remarkably unaffected, nearly 200 m-thick continuous section of hemipelagic and turbiditic sediments, covering most of the Triassic is described from the Batain Complex of north-eastern Oman. According to conodont and radiolarian data the sequence spans the late Scythian to the early Norian, a time period of nearly 30 M. Coupled with a high resolution stratigraphy, the lithostratigraphy, sedimentology, as well as sequence and isotope stratigraphy of the section are documented. For the Triassic of the Batain Plain we propose the new name Sal Formation, which replaces the formerly used Matbat Formation, and subdivide it into three new members. The Sal Formation was deposited on the proximal continental margin of northeastern Arabia and records various depositional environments. The lower member is interpreted as the distal part of a homoclinal ramp which evolves to a distally steepened ramp during time of deposition of the middle member. The upper member displays a toe of slope position which is indicated by an increase of proximal turbidites. These sediments form part of a segment of the Neo-Tethyan embayment between Arabia and India. The stratigraphic analysis indicates highly varying sedimentation rates from a minimum of 2 m/M?y around the Anisian/Ladinian boundary up to 15 m/M?y during the Lower and Upper Triassic. Sequence-stratigraphically, the Sal section is subdivided into six third order cycles which are biochronologically well integrated into the global Triassic cycle chart. The mixed siliciclasticcalcareous upper member of the Sal Formation typically shows highstand related carbonate shedding. It is, therefore, an important test case for sequence- stratigraphic controlled carbonate export to mixed basin fills. The well developed sequence stratigraphic cycles are mirrored in the isotope patterns. Additionally, the carbon and oxygen isotope data from the Sal Formation record the same chemostratigraphic marker at the Spathian/Anisian boundary known from other Tethyan sections.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Paläontologie
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Université Lille I - Sciences et Technologies, Universität Genf, Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Universität Bern
- Journal
- Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae
- Band
- 94
- Seiten
- 29-62
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 34
- ISSN
- 0012-9402
- Publikationsdatum
- 2001
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 105118 Paläontologie
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/3093ccc2-11b5-4c68-95c6-ecc360d9282d