Abstract
Within onshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the Middle-Late Eocene Dammam Formation can be separated into three distinct units on the basis of lithological analysis. Petrographic analysis shows these units to consist of interbedded yellow-brown marl and shale with gray bioclastic packstone/grainstones and mudstone/wackestones. Dolomite and gypsum occur locally in the upper half of the section. A lithostratigraphy and facies analysis of the Damman suggests cycling between the grain-supported and mud-supported limestones, and with pulses of terrigenous material producing the marly and shaley interbeds.
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