Abstract
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) strata of Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation, central Saudi Arabia are composed of thin- to thick-bedded, grainy and muddy limestones and dolostones with various skeletal and nonskeletal components. Facies analysis documents low- to high-energy environments, including lagoon, back reef, reef framework, fore-reef and intra-shelf basin lithofacies associations. Because of the narrow lateral distribution of facies and the presence of distinctive fossils, the depositional system likely represents an open marine shelf. Two third-order depositional sequences can be distinguished in the stratigraphic measured section. Transgressive sequences show deepening-upward trends, in which shallow water (lagoonal and back reef) facies are overlain by deeper-water (fore-reef and intra-shelf basin) facies. Regressive sequences show shallowing-upward trends in which deep-water facies are overlain by shallow-water facies. Most sequence boundaries in the study area are of the nonerosional (SB2) type. Correlation of depositional sequences in the studied section reveals that relatively shallow marine conditions predominated in the area.
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