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The Fauna of Some Recent Marine Deposits Near Basrah, Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. G. S. Hudson ,
F. E. Eames  and
G. L. Wilkins
R. G. S. Hudson
Affiliation:
Iraq Petroleum Company, 214 Oxford Street, London, W. 1.
F. E. Eames
Affiliation:
British Petroleum Company, Britannic House, London, E.C. 2.
G. L. Wilkins
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London, S.W. 7.
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Abstract

The fauna, mainly small gastropods and lamellibranchs, of the sands and silts (the Hammar Formation) occurring near the surface in various borings in the Basrah area is shown to be marine and of Recent age. It is suggested that the Persian Gulf sea in Recent times extended a considerable distance north of its present shoreline: its silting-up is considered to be due to cessation of subsidence. The subsequent geography of the area, with its fluviatile, lacustrine, and estuarine sediments, is possibly due to localized subsidence and elevation.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 94 , Issue 5 , October 1957 , pp. 393 - 401
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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