oa Khuff Sequence KS6: Paleorelief-influenced Facies and Sequence Patterns in the Lower Khuff Formation, Sultanate of Oman

This outcrop analog study of Lower Khuff Sequence KS6 (Saiq Formation) aims to capture lateral reservoir facies distribution during the initial phase of basin-fill. The Hercynian tectonic event triggered the erosion of Cambrian to Carboniferous strata in Oman and formed the topography of the Sub-Khuff Unconformity. When the Neo-Tethys Ocean flooded the Arabian Shield clastic sediments, the so-called "Basal Khuff Clastics" became preferentially deposited in possible paleo-lows. One main objective of this study was to unravel the effect of this paleo-relief on reservoir facies distribution within the overlying sediments.