--> Abstract: Dense Rock Bodies in Lower Cretaceous of East Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), by Ahmed A. Abdul Ghani; #90105 (2010)

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Dense Rock Bodies in Lower Cretaceous of East Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Ahmed A. Abdul Ghani1

(1) EUFR, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates.

Weak seismic reflection (Low amplitude) areas of a circular shape have been observed in the Lower Cretaceous Lekhwair Formation seismic Attribute time maps and sections of East Abu Dhabi area. A well has been drilled in one of these features, shows that the Late Valanginian rock section came highly cemented, (dense), with extensive stylolitization and reduction in formation thickness, compared with a normal thickness and rock characteristics in the near by drilled wells (out side the features). This phenomenon is limited to that stratigraphic section, and doesn’t affect the overlain Hauterivian rock section. This features are most likely caused by, either Meteorites (impact from outer space)occured in the Late Valagnian time, or by an upward forces came from bellow; and this need further investigation.