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E. SEIBOLD: Biogenic Sedimentation of the Persian Gulf
Finally, the high O2 content of the water near the bottom of the Gulf and the oxygen
deficiency on the continental slope towards the Gulf of Oman may also play an important
role in explaining the organic carbon distribution (HARTMANN et aI., 1971).
It is surprising that the recent sediments of the Persian Gulf contain so little organically
bound carbon as the recent Persian Gulf is in many respects very similar to the Mesozoic
and Cenozoic seas which had all the prerequisites for rich petroleum formation.
E. SEIBOLD: Biogenic Sedimentation of the Persian Gulf
Finally, the high O2 content of the water near the bottom of the Gulf and the oxygen
deficiency on the continental slope towards the Gulf of Oman may also play an important
role in explaining the organic carbon distribution (HARTMANN et aI., 1971).
It is surprising that the recent sediments of the Persian Gulf contain so little organically
bound carbon as the recent Persian Gulf is in many respects very similar to the Mesozoic
and Cenozoic seas which had all the prerequisites for rich petroleum formation.