oa Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Upper Jurassic Arab and Hith Formations, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Kimmeridgian–Tithonian Arab and Hith formations are part of the highstand sequence set of a second-order supersequence, built by five third-order composite sequences: (1) J70 Sequence, Jubaila/ Arab-D; (2) J80 Sequence, Arab-C; (3) J90 Sequence, Arab-B; (4) J100 Sequence, Arab-A/Lower Asab Oolite; and (5) J105 Sequence, Upper Asab Oolite/Hith), bounded on top by sequence boundary J110_ SB. The J70 to J105 sequences belong to the highstand sequence set of the Upper Jurassic second-order supersequence and show progradation of the facies belts towards the east. Through time, the lagoon behind the barrier bar complex became increasingly evaporitic being dominated by salina-type deposits during Hith deposition (J105 Sequence).