Evolution of the Levant margin and western Arabia platform since the Mesozoic: introduction

Homberg, Catherine; Bachmann, Martina

doi:10.1144/sp341.1

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“…The Levant Basin initiated in the Permian/Triassic due to rifting and subsequent subsidence that allowed accommodation of thick sedimentary rocks (Ben‐Avraham, Ginzburg, Markis, & Eppelbaum, ; Gardosh, Druckman, Buchbinder, & Rybakov, ; Gardosh, Garfunkel, Druckman, & Buchbinder, ; Hawie, ; Netzeband et al, ; Steinberg, Gvirtzman, Folkman, & Garfunkel, ; Walley, ). Its formation, subsidence history and architecture are directly linked to the regional geodynamic evolution since the Early Mesozoic, including phases of rifting, post‐rift subsidence, compression and transpression (Barrier, Vrielynck, Brouillet, & Brunet, ; Brew, Barazangi, Khaled Al‐Maleh, & Sawaf, ; Frizon de Lamotte et al, ; Gardosh et al, ; Homberg & Bachmann, ; Robertson & Grasso, ).…”

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Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

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The Eastern Mediterranean Levant Basin is a proven hydrocarbon province with recent major gas discoveries. To date, no exploration wells targeted its northern part, in particular the Lebanese offshore. The present study assesses the tectono‐stratigraphic evolution and related petroleum systems of the northern Levant Basin via an integrated approach that combines stratigraphic forward modeling and petroleum systems/basin modeling based on the previous published work. Stratigraphic modeling results provide a best‐fit realisation of the basin‐scale sedimentary filling, from the post‐rift Upper Jurassic until the Pliocene. Simulation results suggest dominant eastern marginal and Arabian Plate sources for Cenozoic siliciclastic sediments and a significant contribution from the southern Nilotic source mostly from Lower Oligocene to Lower Miocene. Basin modeling results suggest the presence of a working thermogenic petroleum system with mature source rocks localised in the deeper offshore. The generated hydrocarbons migrated through the deep basin within Jurassic and Cretaceous permeable layers towards the Latakia Ridge in the north and the Levant margin and offshore topographic highs. Furthermore, the basin model indicates a possibly significant influence of salt deposition during Messinian salinity crisis on formation fluids. Ultimately, the proposed integrated workflow provides a powerful tool for the assessment of petroleum systems in underexplored areas.

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Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

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“…The Levant area, in the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea region, is one of the most geologically complex and active regions in the world, evolving through several deformation phases (e.g., Ben-Avraham, 1989;Garfunkel, 1998;Gardosh et al, 2008;Homberg and Bachmann, 2010;Eppelbaum and Katz, 2011). This part of the Middle East lies at a complex interaction zone between three major lithospheric plates: the Arabian, African, and Eurasian plates.…”

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Detection and analysis of morphotectonic features utilizing satellite remote sensing and GIS: An example in SW Jordan

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This study investigates the dominant orientations of morphological features and the relationship between these trends and the spatial orientation of tectonic structures in SW Jordan. Landsat 8 and hill-shaded images, constructed from 30 m-resolution ASTER-GDEM data, were used for automatically extracting and mapping geological lineaments. The ASTER-GDEM was further utilized to automatically identify and extract drainage network. Morphological features were analyzed by means of azimuth frequency and length density distributions. Tectonic controls on the land surface were evaluated using longitudinal profiles of many westerly flowing streams. The profiles were taken directly across the northerly trending faults within a strong topographic transition between the low-gradient uplands and the deeply incised mountain front on the east side of the Dead Sea Fault Zone. Streams of the area are widely divergent, and show numerous anomalies along their profiles when they transect faults and lineaments. Five types of drainage patterns were identified: dendritic, parallel, rectangular, trellis, and modified dendritic/trellis. Interpretation and analysis of the lineaments indicate the presence of four main lineament populations that trend ~E-W, ~N-S, NE-SW, and NW-SE. Azimuthal distribution analysis of both the measured structures and drainage channels shows similar trends, except for very few differences in the prevailing directions. The similarity in orientation of lineaments, drainage system, and subsurface structural trends highlights the degree of control exerted by underlying structure on the surface geomorphological features. Faults and lineaments serve as a preferential conduit for surface running waters. The extracted lineaments were divided into five populations based on the main age of host rocks outcropping in the study area to obtain information about the temporal evolution of the lineament trends through geologic time. A general consistency in lineament trends over the different lithological units was observed, most probably because repeated reactivation of tectonism along preexisting deep structural discontinuities which are apparently crustal weakness zones. The reactivation along such inherited discontinuities under the present-day stress field is the most probable explanation of the complicated pattern and style of present-day landscape features in SW Jordan.

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“…The Cenomanian in Sefin Dagh represents the Upper Qamchuqa Formation in northern Iraq [20]; Orbitolina sefini was also found in Late Albian of Spain, Peybernes (1976); in Portugal specified Early Cenomanian [21]. The Mauddud Formation in Southern Iraq, Late Albian -Early Cenomanian [22]; Late Albian -Early Cenomanian in the Middle East according to [16] and [11]; Late Albian -Early Cenomanian in eastern Iraq [17]; Late Albian -Early Cenomanian (Sarvak Formation) at Zagros mountains in Iran [23]; Early Cenomanian in Turkey -Manara section at Levant Margin [24]. Late Albian -Early Cenomanian in northern Iraq [25].…”

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Biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Mauddud Formation in Ratawi Oilfield, Basrah Governorate, Southern Iraq

Ezzulddin

Ibrahim

2022

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The biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Mauddud Formation was studied in the Ratawi Oilfield, Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, using integrated borehole data set (core and cutting samples and well logs) in two drilled wells to analyze the biostratigraphy of the formation. One hundred eighty-three slides for both selected wells were investigated. The formation is composed of light grey dolomitized limestone and pseudo-oolitic creamy limestone with green to bluish shale. Three biozones were discriminated, these are: Orbitolina qatarica range zone; Orbitolina sefini range zone and Orbitolina concava range zone. The age of these biozones extends to include the Late Albian (Orbitolina qatarica); Late Albian-Early Cenomanian (Orbitolina sefini) and Early Cenomanian for (Orbitolina concava) zone. The fossils occurred are Conicorbitolina conica, Coral, gastropoda, Miliolids, Nezzazata , Neoiraqia convexa, orbitolina discoidia, Orbitolina kurdica, Spiroluculina sp., trocholina sp .

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Evolution of the Levant margin and western Arabia platform since the Mesozoic: introduction

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

Detection and analysis of morphotectonic features utilizing satellite remote sensing and GIS: An example in SW Jordan

Biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Mauddud Formation in Ratawi Oilfield, Basrah Governorate, Southern Iraq

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