Micropaleontology and Biostratigraphy of Zgaimat Al-Hasah Anticline, SE-Jordan
This study presents the first attempt to recognize the planktonic foraminiferal
biozones and to determine the time of deposition of the carbonate deposits
exposed in the Zgaimat Al-Hasah anticline, Southeastern Jordan. Five equivalent
planktonic foraminiferal biozones; Zones E3 (P6a), E4 (P6b), E5 (P7),
E6 (P8), and E7 or E7a were identified by analyzing twenty-eight samples
from a 20 m thick section. Ten planktonic foraminiferal species belonging to
seven genera and thirteen benthic foraminiferal species representing eleven
genera were recorded. An Early Eocene age was assigned to the carbonate
deposits exposed in Zgaimat Al-Hasah anticline based on some typical index
species of calcareous planktonic foraminifera.