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Microfacies, Biostratigraphy, Depositional Environment, Seismic Refraction and Correlation of Coralline Limestones of the Barzaman Formation (Oligocene-Pliocene? Al-Khod, Muscat Area, Sultanate of Oman)
The “Carbonates” unit of the Oligocene-Pliocene Barzaman Formation, north of the Oman Mountains at Sultan Qaboos Campus, is at least 10 m thick. It consists of three coralline limestone beds in (1) bedded facies (base; eastern outcrop), (2) very thick-bedded debris facies (middle; western and eastern outcrops) and (3) …