Quaternary Carbonate and Evaporite Sedimentary Facies and Their Ancient Analogues

Dedication Douglas James Shearman (1918-2003): Father of thesabkha model (Evans, G.).
Introduction to Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentaryfacies and their ancient analogues (Alsharhan, A.S. and Kendall,C.G.St.C.).
Part 1 Recent carbonate and evaporate sediments.
An historical review of the Quaternary sedimentology of the Gulf(Arabian/Persian Gulf) and its geological impact (Evans,G.).
Holocene geomorphology and recent carbonate-evaporitesedimentation of the coastal region of Abu Dhabi, United ArabEmirates (Kendall, C.G.St.C. and Alsharhan, A.S.).
The impact of sea-level change on ramp margin deposition:lessons from the Holocene sabkhas of Abu Dhabi, United ArabEmirates (Park, R.K.).
Holocene evolution of Arabian coastal sabkhas: a re-evaluationbased on stable-isotope analysis, forty years afterShearman's first view of the sabkha (Gunatilaka,A.).
Interplay between Holocene sedimentation and diagenesis, andimplications for hydrocarbon exploitation: return to the sabkha ofRas Umm Said, Qatar (Shinn, E.A.).
Facies stacking patterns in a modern arid environment: a casestudy of the Abu Dhabi sabkha in the vicinity of Al Qanatir Island,United Arab Emirates (Strohmenger, C.J., Shebl, H., Al-Mansoori,A., Al-Mehsin, K.,Al-Jeelani, O., Al-Hosani, I., Al-Shamry,A. andAl-Baker, S.).
Coastal and continental sabkhas of Barr Al Hikman, Sultanate ofOman (Mettraux, M., Homewood, P.W., Kwarteng, A.Y. and Mattner,J.).
Coastal Holocene carbonates of Abu Dhabi, UAE: depositionalsetting, sediment distribution, and role of cyanobacteria inmicritization (Kendall, C.G.St.C. and Alsharhan, A.S.).
Engineering properties of the carbonate sediments along the AbuDhabi coast, United Arab Emirates (Epps, R.J.).
Part 2 Geochemistry of recent carbonate and evaporitesediments.
An historical odyssey: the origin of solutes in the coastalsabkha of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Wood, W.W.).
Geochemistry and nature of organic matterof thePleistocene-Holocene carbonate evaporate sediments ofAl-Khiran, southeastern Kuwait (Qabazard, S., Abdullah, F.H. andAl-Temeemi, A.).
Halite, sulphates, sabkhat and salinas of the coastal regionsand Sabkha Matti of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Kirkham,A.).
Distribution of organic matter in the transgressive andregressive Holocene sabkha sediments of Abu Dhabi, United ArabEmirates (Kenig, F.).
The role of bacterial sulphate reduction in carbonatereplacement of vanished evaporites: examples from the Holocene,Jurassic and Neoarchaean (Wright, D. and Kirkham, A.).
Part 3 Ancient carbonates and evaporites.
Evaporitic source rocks: mesohaline responses to cycles of''famine or feast'' in layered brines(Warren, J.K.).
Coupled passive extension and compression on salt-based passivemargins analyzed by physical models (Costa, E., Cavozzi, C. andDoglioni, N.).
Salt tectonics and structural styles of the western High Atlasand the intersecting Essaouira-Cap Tafelney segments of theMoroccan Atlantic margin (Hafid, M., Bally, A.W., Ait Salem, Aand Toto, E.).
Carbonates and evaporites of the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation,Abu Dhabi: a petroleum exploration challenge (Al Suwaidi, A.S.,El Hami, M., Hagiwara, H., Aziz, S.K. and Al Habshi, A.R.).
Selenite facies in marine evaporites: a review (Orti,F.).
Index.