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Morphology and Late Quaternary sedimentation in the Gulf of Oman Basin

Marine Geophysical Researches : Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2002

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Morphology and Late Quaternary sedimentation in the Gulf of Oman Basin

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Author	Uchupi, Elazar Swift, S.A. Ross, D.A.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	The morphology of the Gulf of Oman Basin, a 3,400 m deep oceanic basin between Oman and southern Pakistan and southern Iran, ranges from a convergent margin (Makran margin) along the north side, a passive type (Oman margin) along the south side, translation types along the basin's west (Zendan Fault-Oman Line) and east (Murray Ridge) sides and a narrow continental rise and a wide abyssal plain in the centre of the basin. Sediment input into the basin during the Late Quaternary has been mainly from the north as a result of the uplift of the Coast Makran Mountains in the Late Miocene-Pliocene. Today most of this detritrus is deposited on the shelf and upper continental slope and perched basins behind the fold/fault ridges on the lower slope. The presence of fans and channels on the continental rise on the north side of the basin indicate, however, that continental derived debris was, and possibly is, being transported to the deep-sea by turbidity currents via gaps in the ridges on the lower slope. In addition to land derived terrigenous sediments, the basin deposits also contain biogenic (organic matter and calcium carbonate), eolian detritus and hydrates and authigenic carbonates from the tectonic dewatering of the Makran accretionary wedge. The eolian sediment is carried into the Gulf of Oman Basin from Arabia and the Mesopotamia Valley by the northwesterly Shamal winds. This type of detritus was particularly abundant during the glacial arid periods 21,000–20,000 and 11,000 (Younger Dryas) years ago when exposure of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf increased the area of dust entrainment and shifted the position of the source of the eolian sediments closer to the basin.
Starting Page	185
Ending Page	208
Page Count	24
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ISSN	00253235
Journal	Marine Geophysical Researches
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15730581
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geosciences Geophysics/Geodesy Oceanography Offshore Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics Oceanography

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