Arabian-Iranian

Linear sag

Hanifa, Diyal/Dukhan, and Sargelu fm, marine sh, mrl, lmst

II

Arab Zone (U Jur) and Shuaiba (M Cret) carb

Late Cret & Late Tert

Ayres et al., 1982; Klemme, 1984; Alsharhan, 1987; Alsharhan & Kendall, 1986; Murris, 1980; Koop & Stoneley, 1982

West Siberian

Circular sag

Bazhenow fm. marine siliceous sh & carbnte

II

Neocomian deltaic ss

Late Cret-Early Tert

Stasova, 1977; Ivantsova, 1969; Kulikov, 1979; Kontorovich et al., 1975

North Sea, Greenland Sea

Linear sag

Kimmeridgian clay & equiv, marine siliceous sh

II

M Jur ss, U Cret-Lower Tert chalk & ss

Early Tert

Ziegler, 1980; Cooper & Barnard, 1984; Goff, 1984; Baird, 1986

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf Coast, Reforma-Campeche, Tampico-Chicontepec)

Circular sag

Kimmeridgian-Tithonian marine sh & carbnte

II

U Jur carb & Lower Cret clastics (Gulf Coast); Cret reefs, Eocene-Miocene ss

M Cret (Gulf Coast); Late Tert

Salvador & Green, 1980; Peterson, 1983, 1985; Salvador, 1987; Oehler, 1984

North Caucasus, Amu-Darya

Linear sag

Khodzhaipak fm; U Jur below salt; marine sh & lmst

II

U Jur lmst, Cret ss & lmst

Late Tert

Akramkhodzhayev & Egamberdyev, 1985; Maksimov et al., 1986; Krylov, 1979; Semashev, 1983; Chakhmakhchev et al., 1987; Seregin et al., 1982