Quaternary Carbonate and Evaporite Sedimentary Facies and Their Ancient Analogues: A Tribute to Douglas James Shearman

Introduction to Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies 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-evaporite sedimentation of the coastal region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (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 Arab Emirates (Park, R.K.).

Holocene evolution of Arabian coastal sabkhas: a re-evaluation based on stable-isotope analysis, forty years after Shearman’s first view of the sabkha (Gunatilaka, A.).

Interplay between Holocene sedimentation and diagenesis, and implications for hydrocarbon exploitation: return to the sabkha of Ras Umm Said, Qatar (Shinn, E.A.).

Facies stacking patterns in a modern arid environment: a case study 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. and Al-Baker, S.).

Coastal and continental sabkhas of Barr Al Hikman, Sultanate of Oman (Mettraux, M., Homewood, P.W., Kwarteng, A.Y. and Mattner, J.).

Coastal Holocene carbonates of Abu Dhabi, UAE: depositional setting, sediment distribution, and role of cyanobacteria in micritization (Kendall, C.G.St.C. and Alsharhan, A.S.).

Engineering properties of the carbonate sediments along the Abu Dhabi coast, United Arab Emirates (Epps, R.J.).

Part 2 Geochemistry of recent carbonate and evaporite sediments.

An historical odyssey: the origin of solutes in the coastal sabkha of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Wood, W.W.).

Geochemistry and nature of organic matterof the Pleistocene–Holocene carbonate evaporate sediments of Al-Khiran, southeastern Kuwait (Qabazard, S., Abdullah, F.H. and Al-Temeemi, A.).

Halite, sulphates, sabkhat and salinas of the coastal regions and Sabkha Matti of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Kirkham, A.).

Distribution of organic matter in the transgressive and regressive Holocene sabkha sediments of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Kenig, F.).

The role of bacterial sulphate reduction in carbonate replacement 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 passive margins analyzed by physical models (Costa, E., Cavozzi, C. and Doglioni, N.).

Salt tectonics and structural styles of the western High Atlas and the intersecting Essaouira-Cap Tafelney segments of the Moroccan Atlantic margin (Hafid, M., Bally, A.W., Ait Salem, A and 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.