f Relative Sea-Level Changes during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene of Qatar: Implications for Eustasy and Tectonics

The southern margin of the Arabian Gulf is a structural fore-bulge, dipping gently northward into the foreland of the Zagros collision zone. Gradual seaward slopes, the lack of seismicity and faulting have led previous workers to portray the southern Gulf coastal systems of barrier islands, broad lagoons and sabkhas as analogues to ancient, epieric seas.