Sedimentology Carbonate Facies Modern Northern Great Bahama Bank Ancient Syntectonic Eocene to Miocene carbonate platform development in Sulawesi, Indonesia Carbonate Sedimentology Field Trip, Utah . Jurassic Marine Sedimentation and the Twin Creek Limestone. The Ara Project , Oman.
Oil is produced from dolomitized carbonates encased in evaporites.
Understanding of the sedimentology and diagenesis of these rocks is essential to future exploration in S Oman, as the Ara is thought to contain important hydrocarbon reserves.