تفاصيل الرسالة العلمية

This work is based on examination of (29) samples which were taken from one section in the study area of Wadi AL-Shallala, Jordan. This section is about 7 m thick. The examined samples have been selected for microfacies and micropaleontological analyses. Petrographicaly, four microfacies types were recognized; Foraminifera-Bioclastic, Mudstone/ Wackstone Microfacies; Peloidal Wackestone Microfacies; Bioclastic-Foraminifera- Wackestone/Packstone Microfacies; and Subbotina-Foraminifera Packstone Microfacies. The diagenetic processes which had been identified are: cementation, compaction, micritization and dissolution. The results show that 1 species of benthonic foraminifera belong to 1 genera, and 7 species of planktonic foraminifera belong to 5 genera were, identified. Based on the range of the studied seven species of planktonic Foraminifera: one Benthonic species Foraminifera were recognized as follows: Paleocene: (Praemurica pseudoinconstans, Morozovella praeangulata, Subbotina caneellata) and Lower Eocene: (Acarinina interposita, Planorotalites capdevilensis, Planorotalites pseudoscitula, Subbotina corpulenta, and Cibicidoides barnetti). Based on the paleoenvironmental interpretation for the studied sediments, it is concluded that the configuration of Oil shales sequences were being developed within two depositional environments; fluctuation from shallow, restricted marine environment and shelf, open marine environment