Figure 11: Paleofacies of the Late Jurassic. This time period spanned the deposition of the Arab, Hith, and Gotnia formations, and their regional equivalents [MFS J70 to K10; base of AP8 is at 149 Ma]. Deposition of vaporates was widespread. A new passive margin developed along the southeastern coast of Oman following continental rifting and sea-floor spreading between the Afro-Arabian and Indian plates. With information from: Ellis et al. (1996); Guiraud et al. (2001); Hirsch and Picard (1988); James and Wynd (1965); Koop and Stoneley (1982); Le Métour et al. (1995); Le Nindre, Manivit et al. (1990b); Murris (1980); Ponikarov et al. (1966); and unpublished Saudi Aramco Miscellaneous Report 911 (M.A. Ziegler, 1982) and 913 (W.J. Koop, 1982).