Figure 6: Paleofacies of the Late Triassic. This time period spanned the deposition of the Minjur, Kurra Chine, and Dashtak formations, and their regional equivalents [MFS Tr60 to intra-J10]. These sediments were partly deposited during a second Triassic infilling-subsidence event. The early Carnian ‘Saharan salinity crisis’ is a clear indication of a sea-level lowstand at 232 Ma. With information from: Andrews (1992a); Béchennec et al. (1989); Beydoun and Habib (1995); Garfunkel (1989); Makhlouf et al. (1996); Le Nindre, Manivit et al. (1990); Murris (1980); Ponikarov et al. (1966); Sawaf and Tarek (1996); Sawaf et al. (2001); Szabo and Kheradpir (1978); and unpublished Saudi Aramco Miscellaneous Report 913 (W.J. Koop, 1982).