The Persian Gulf

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. The Principal Environmental Factors Influencing Holocene Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Persian Gulf

   • B. H. Purser, E. Seibold

   Pages 1-9

3. The Structural and Geomorphic Evolution of the Persian Gulf

   • P. Kassler

   Pages 11-32

4. Organisms as Producers of Carbonate Sediment and Indicators of Environment in the Southern Persian Gulf

   • M. W. Hughes Clarke, A. J. Keij

   Pages 33-56

5. Holocene Sediments and Sedimentary Processes in the Iranian Part of the Persian Gulf

   • E. Seibold, L. Diester, D. Fütterer, H. Lange, P. Müller, F. Werner

   Pages 57-80

6. Classification of Modern Marl Sediments in the Persian Gulf by Factor Analysis

   • M. Sarnthein, E. Walger

   Pages 81-97

7. Correspondence Analysis for Recognition of Facies in Homogeneous Sediments off an Iranian River Mouth

   • Marthe Melguen

   Pages 99-113

8. Aeolian Admixtures in the Sediments of the Northern Persian Gulf

   • Zdenek Kukal, Adnan Saadallah

   Pages 115-121

9. Holocene Sediment Types and Their Distribution in the Southern Persian Gulf

   • C. W. Wagner, C. van der Togt

   Pages 123-155

10. Sedimentation around Bathymetric Highs in the Southern Persian Gulf

    • B. H. Purser

    Pages 157-177

11. Carbonate Coastal Accretion in an Area of Longshore Transport, NE Qatar, Persian Gulf

    • E. A. Shinn

    Pages 179-191

12. Recent Intertidal and Nearshore Carbonate Sedimentation around Rock Highs, E Qatar, Persian Gulf

    • E. A. Shinn

    Pages 193-198

13. Sedimentary Accretion along the Leeward, SE Coast of Qatar Peninsula, Persian Gulf

    • E. A. Shinn

    Pages 199-209

14. Regional Sedimentation along the Trucial Coast, SE Persian Gulf

    • B. H. Purser, G. Evans

    Pages 211-231

15. The Oceanography, Ecology, Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Parts of the Trucial Coast Barrier Island Complex, Persian Gulf

    • G. Evans, J. W. Murray, H. E. J. Biggs, R. Bate, P. R. Bush

    Pages 233-277

16. Distribution and Ultrastructure of Holocene Ooids in the Persian Gulf

    • J.-P. Loreau, B. H. Purser

    Pages 279-328

17. The Precipitation of Aragonite and Its Alteration to Calcite on the Trucial Coast of the Persian Gulf

    • B. D. Evamy

    Pages 329-341

18. Aragonitic, Supratidal Encrustations on the Trucial Coast, Persian Gulf

    • B. H. Purser, J.-P. Loreau

    Pages 343-376

19. Geochemistry of Tidal Flat Brines at Umm Said, SE Qatar, Persian Gulf

    • K. de Groot

    Pages 377-394

20. Some Aspects of the Diagenetic History of the Sabkha in Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf

    • P. Bush

    Pages 395-407

This volume, although not an integrated synthesis, treats most aspects of Holocene sedimenta­ tion and diagenesis in the Persian Gulf, grouping 22 contributions under a single cover and in one language. Because these sediments and diagenetic minerals are comparable to those existing in many ancient sedimentary basins, their appraisal should be of value to the enlarging group of workers who interpret ancient sedimentary rocks. The essential morphological, climatic and oceanographic factors determining Holocene sedimen­ tation and diagenesis in the Persian Gulf are summarized in the introductory article by PURSER and SEIBOLD. These environmental controls and the overall morphology of the Persian Gulf have much in common with Shark Bay, Western Australia, described by LOGAN et al. (1970). On the other hand, the Persian Gulf is markedly different from the better known Florida and Bahamian prov­ inces; the floor of the Persian Gulf is gently inclined from continental shoreline to bathymetric axis (80-100 m); the Bahamian province, on the other hand, is horizontal and extremely shallow (2-10 m), with very sharply defined shelf edges surrounded by deep oceanic waters. These contrast­ ing architectural styles are related to different tectonic frames.

• Carbonate Sedimentation
• Diagenese
• Holozän
• Karbonatgestein
• Ocean
• Persischer Golf /Geologie
• Sediment
• Sedimentation
• diagenesis
• oceanic
• sedimentary rock

• Laboratoire de Géologie Historique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Paris Sud, 91-Orsay, France

  Bruce H. Purser

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