The foraminiferida of the Persian Gulf. 2. The Abu Dhabi region
Abstract The occurrence of foraminiferids in a series of shallow water environments of carbonate sedimentation from the Trucial Coast of the Persian Gulf is described. The principal environments include a shallow hypersaline lagoon with a tidal drainage channel leading to a delta-shaped oolith bank between two islands which face onto the deeper water nearshore shelf. In each environment dead foraminiferids are very much more abundant than living forms and it is concluded that the latter have a restricted distribution comparable with that of the macrofauna. It seems probable that most of the living animals are restricted to certain favourable areas and that their dead remains are transported some distance prior to burial.