The lithological study and micropaleontological analyses of 21 samples
taken from four geological sections of lower Miocene deposits led to a
stratigraphic study for determination of enrichment of planktonic species in
these deposits . These speci
es were combined with biozones of lower miocene
and their stratigraphic distribution in the studied sections according to
planktonic foraminifera of worldwide spreading . This study contributed in
understanding of paleogeographic development of Neogene basin within this
period of time , which appeared as a marine progress in lower Miocene ,
which continued up to upper Miocene in the northwestern part of Syria . The
sediments of lower Miocene consisted of marl , clay marl deposits with
interfacial layers of clay and limestones or marl limestones deposited
unconformithy with nummoliticlimestones of Eocene , or cretaceous
carbonates rich in betome sometimes .
