Oolitic sand
(tidal delta)
Pelletoid, Gastropod sand
Muddy skeletal sand
(channel)
Lagoonal mud with foraminifera
and gastropods
Organic reefs
Algal mat
(intertidal)
Aeolian dune-beach
(mainly oolitic)
Holocene sabkha
(supratidal)
Iraq
K u w a it
Iran
Iran
Qatar
N A M O
United
Arab
Emirates
Saudi arabia
Oman
a
b
Ca. 10 km
S e d im e n t
tr a n s p o rt
a n d
a c c re ti o n
C o a s ta l
b a r r ie r
Trucial
Abu Dhabi
C o a s t
Tertiary outcrop
C O A S T A L
S
A
B
A
K
H
A
C o a s t a l
l a g o o n
s
S
e
d
im
e
n
t
ta
il
Ti da l
d e lta s
Fig. 5.48 (a) The Persian Gulf showing the facies distribution of Recent bottom sediments. (b) Map of the carbonate facies in the
Abu Dhabi area (modified from Wagner and van der Togt 1973, Purser and Evans 1973)
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