Holocene marine cement coatings on beach-rocks of the Abu Dhabi coastline (UAE); Analogs for cement fabrics in ancient limestones

• DOI: 10.1007/bf03175225
• Publication Date: 2009-11-24T17:27:52Z
• Authors: Christopher G.SSt...; James L. Sadd; Abdulrahman Alsha...
• Keywords: Sabkha

Marine carbonate cements, which are superficially like travertines from meteoric caves, are coating and binding some intertidal sedimentary rock surfaces occurring in coastal Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, (UAE). Near Jebel Dhana these surficial cements can be up to 3 cm thick and envelope beach rock surfaces and fossils. They are also present both as thin coats and a fracture-fill cement in the intertidal hard grounds associated with the Khor Al Bazam algal flats.